Book Summary

     Taking place at Berkeley High School in California Ariel's book Awkward revolves around a strange love triangle between Ariel Michael and Margaret his ex-girlfriend. When not obsessing about Michael she writes about crushes, concerts, developing new friendships and her obsession with L7. 

    Then leading into Definition we see Ariel's interesting friendship with Leonard who has an obsession with her while she is obsessed with girls. Ariel explores her sexual identity in Definition strongly learning towards a stronger fascination with the female gender.   

    The visuals between the first section of the paper back start out very simple and childish. The young dialog is being written by a 15 year old so it creates an over all strong visual structure that reflects upon the dialog in a positive way.
Definition has artwork that again relates to the text in the sense of a great deal of growth. There is more confidence in the bold line and details. The development in both text and visuals creates an overall unique novel.   





Kristian Williams

"Awkward and Definition — have a sweet naiveté, and they’re full of promise. The art is crude, the writing is clumsy, and the characters are shallow in their gossipy drama and their obsessions with cheap alterna-pop culture. But Awkward andDefinition also convey the feeling of newness and enthusiasm and hope. The sense of exaggerated importance that attaches to everything is both the blessing and the burden of youth, its charm and its vice."

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- Claire