The year of the beasts
By: Cecil Castellucci ; illustrated by Nate Powell
Contributors: Powell, Nate, illustrator
Edition: First Square Fish edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9781250050762; 9781596438255
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Secrets; Jealousy; Fiction; Dating (Social customs); Secrecy; Sisters; Best friends; Comic books, strips; Friendship
Description: Every summer the trucks roll in, bringing the carnival and its infinite possibilities to town. This year Tessa and her younger sister, Lulu, are unchaperoned and want to be first in line to experience the rides, the food and the boys. Except this summer, jealousy will invade their relationship for the first time, setting in motion a course of events that can only end in tragedy, putting everyone's love and friendship to the test. Alternating chapters of prose and comics are interwoven in "The Year of the Beasts," an extraordinary novel from Cecil Castellucci and Nate Powel that will break your heart and crack it wide open at the same time.
Notes: First published: New York : Roaring Brook Press, c2012.

Chapters alternate between prose and graphic novel format.

14+.