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Published on Mar 13, 2008 | 272 Pages
With true stories about classes, extra-curricular activities, romances, and more, this comprehensive collection presents a realistic look at what it is like to enjoy, cope, and survive high school and its many dramas.
Elisha Cooper spent a year hanging out at a Chicago high school—listening and sketching students. He followed eight kids, mostly seniors, through their entire year and by telling their specific stories he gives us a more accurate picture of what it’s like to be a high school student. Part documentary, part sketchbook, ridiculous/hilarious/terrible/cool offers a vivid and thoroughly entertaining account.
Elisha Cooper spent a year hanging out at a Chicago high school—listening and sketching students. He followed eight kids, mostly seniors, through their entire year and by telling their specific stories he gives us a more accurate picture of what it’s like to be a high school student. Part documentary, part sketchbook, ridiculous/hilarious/terrible/cool offers a vivid and thoroughly entertaining account.
Author
Elisha Cooper
Elisha Cooper is the author of many children’s books, including Train, Farm, Homer, and Big Cat, Little Cat. Beach received a Society of Illustrators Gold Medal in 2006 and Dance! was a 2001 New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year. He was awarded a Sendak Fellowship in 2016. Cooper’s books for adults include A Year in New York and the memoir Crawling: A Father’s First Year. His newest memoir Falling: A Father, a Daughter, and a Journey Back was published by Pantheon in June 2016. He lives with his family in New York City.
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