Sea Change

PRAISE FOR Sea Change by Frank Viva:
Shelf Awareness Best Middle Grade Books of the Year 2016
Publishers Weekly Best Books for Summer 2016
2 Starred Reviews (Publishers Weekly and Quill & Quire)
ABC Best Books for Young Readers
Paul Gravette’s Top 25 Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga: May 2016

“Sea Change is like a dip in cold Canadian waters: just step inside, and soon you’re completely swept away, finding yourself overwhelmed and breathless, entranced by this whirlwind of a book. Bravo, Frank Viva. And glub, glub, glub.” —Lemony Snicket

“Truly heartbreaking! Viva ingeniously weaves words and pictures to evoke that strange, wonderful moment—when the very worst experience of your life somehow becomes the very best.”—Chip Kidd

★ “[Sea Change] is the novel equivalent of the best summer-vacation postcard a person could get.”—Shelf Awareness, starred review

* “Moving from picture books into fiction can be a stretch; Viva makes it look easy.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

* “Viva’s Sea Change is a magical book, a deft, understated chronicle of the moment a young boy passes from childhood into something altogether more mysterious—and terrifying—almost without being aware of it himself. Eliot is a skillfully drawn fictional creation: at times he is demanding and nearly unbearable, at others vulnerable and relatable, but always fundamentally human.” —Quill & Quire, starred review

“Playful typography weaves the art and story together in unexpected ways. . . . The inventive visuals reward careful attention.”—Kirkus Reviews

” . . . a reading experience that is as fresh as it is moving.” —The Horn Book Magazine

“Viva’s bold, simple illustrations are whimsical and bring to life the story’s unique characters. The unconventional format of this funny, poignant coming-of-age story will appeal to fans of comics and graphic novels.”—School Library Journal

“The artwork in Sea Change allows each page to reach readers on a visual level and evoke a reaction. The way the illustrations interact with the text offers a whole new meaning to the events in the story.”—Finch Hogue, Vintage Books

​”At turns tender, funny and sad, the tale of Eliot’s summer is as unforgettable and enlivening as a dash of the cold Atlantic.”—The Wall Street Journal

“In Viva’s transporting first novel…[Eliot] reads, makes friends, has a first kiss, explores a lighthouse, and discovers a well of compassion and courage in himself.”—The New York Times