Power out
By: Nathan Schreiber
Publisher: [Canal Press]
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [Brooklyn, N.Y.]
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780615346625
Subjects: Teenagers; Comic books, strips; Family relationships; Teenage boys; Coming of age; Electric power failures; Adolescents; Bandes dessinées; Relations familiales; Garçons adolescents; Passage à l'âge adulte; Pannes d'électricité
Description: Fourteen and friendless, Justin doesn't want to run away from his domineering family - he wants them to run away from him. When a massive, extended power out grants him his wish, the quietly introverted teen must learn to survive in a world he's always tried to escape. In his seemingly quaint New England suburb, Justin encounters a unique collection of friends and tormentors, including a brazen young neighbor uninhibited by her inability to speak English, a dead woman who cheerfully haunts his wet dreams, and the eccentric holdouts in a town that has been evacuated by the military.
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