"Allison is drowning under the weight of her manipulative stage magician father. When he brings home the family's first computer, she escapes into a thrilling new world where she meetings Samir, a like-minded new online friend who has just agreed to run away from home with her. After moving to a new town and leaving all of his friends behind, Richard receives a mysterious note in his locker with instructions on how to connect to 'Evol BBS,' a dial-in bulletin board system, and meets a fierce punk named Tina who comes into his life and shakes his entire worldview loose. Unlikely alliances, first love, and minor crime sprees abound in this teen graphic novel debut about making connections while your world is falling apart"--From the publisher's web site.
year: 2021, 2022
call number/section: 741.5, 1000, 741.59
subjects: abused teenagers, comic books, strips, etc, abusive parents, bullying, computer bulletin boards, dysfunctional families, friendship, graphic novels, internet and teenagers, history, internet relay chat, runaway teenagers, fiction, bullies, family problems, internet, online chat groups, runaways, internet forums, graphic novels, nineteen nineties, coming-of-age comics, missing persons
Editions
Bogart, Matthew
HarperAlley (2021)
"Allison is drowning under the weight of her manipulative stage magician father. When he brings home the family's first computer, she escapes into a thrilling new world where she meetings Samir, a like-minded new online friend who has just agreed to run away from home with her. After moving to a new town and leaving all of his friends behind, Richard receives a mysterious note in his locker with instructions on how to connect to 'Evol BBS,' a dial-in bulletin board system, and meets a fierce punk named Tina who comes into his life and shakes his entire worldview loose. Unlikely alliances, first love, and minor crime sprees abound in this teen graphic novel debut about making connections while your world is falling apart"--From the publisher's web site.
Schools: 22
Bogart, Matthew
"Allison is drowning under the weight of her manipulative stage magician father. When he brings home the family's first computer, she escapes into a thrilling new world where she meetings Samir, a like-minded new online friend who has just agreed to run away from home with her. After moving to a new town and leaving all of his friends behind, Richard receives a mysterious note in his locker with instructions on how to connect to 'Evol BBS,' a dial-in bulletin board system, and meets a fierce punk named Tina who comes into his life and shakes his entire worldview loose. Unlikely alliances, first love, and minor crime sprees abound in this . . . graphic novel debut about making connections while your world is falling apart"--Amazon.
Schools: 7
Bogart, Matthew
HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2022)
"Samir finds that life as a teenage runaway isn't all he thought it would be; Allison spirals trying to impress her new 'friends,' Tina considers leaving town to follow a passionate new connection, and Richard faces down a volatile classmate with a score to settle"--Provided by publisher.
Schools: 7