Slip

From Eisner-Award nominated writer Marika McCoola and debut artist Aatmaja Pandya, an emotional coming-of-age graphic novel for fans of Bloom and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me.

Right before Jade is about to leave for a summer art intensive, her best friend, Phoebe, attempts suicide. How is Jade supposed to focus on herself right now?

But at the Art Farm, Jade has artistic opportunities she's been waiting for her whole life. And as she gets to know her classmates, she begins to fall for whimsical, upbeat, comfortable-in-her-own-skin Mary. Jade pours herself into making ceramic monsters that vent her stress and insecurities, but when she puts her creatures in the kiln, something unreal happens: they come to life. And they're taking a stand: if Jade won't confront her problems, her problems are going to confront her, including the scariest of them all--if Jade grows, prospers, and even falls in love this summer, is she leaving Phoebe behind?

Author: Marika McCoola
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers
Published: 06/07/2022
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.45h x 6.01w x 0.54d
ISBN: 9781616207892

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 03/01/2022 pg. 114
Publishers Weekly 05/16/2022
Booklist 05/15/2022 pg. 37
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2022
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2022 pg. 131

About the Author
Pandya, Aatmaja: - Aatmaja Pandya is a cartoonist and illustrator born and raised in New York. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 2014 and has been illustrating professionally ever since. Slip is her first graphic novel.McCoola, Marika: - Marika McCoola is a writer, illustrator, educator,  and the New York Times bestselling author of Baba Yaga's Assistant. She has spent over a decade working to connect books with readers. She studied illustration, art history, creative writing, and ceramics at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and received her BFA in illustration in 2009.