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Chopsticks
There are almost NO WORDS in this book, it's an extremely unique graphic work that uses photographs/short letters/found-item collages to tell a sort of romeo-and-juliet romance between two teens who come from very different home lives. It is compulsively "readable", you basically HAVE to read it in one sitting because you are constructing the meat of the story in your imagination. It's like the narrative hovers above the pages, invisible, and you get to pick up new clues and puzzle pieces from the photos as you tell the story to yourself. --Brenna
About the Book
Publisher’s description:
After her mother died, Glory retreated into herself and her music. Her single father raised her as a piano prodigy, with a rigid schedule and the goal of playing sold-out shows across the globe. Now, as a teenager, Glory has disappeared. As we flash back to the events leading up to her disappearance, we see a girl on the precipice of disaster. Brilliant and lonely, Glory is drawn to an artistic new boy, Frank, who moves in next door. The farther she falls, the deeper she spirals into madness. Before long, Glory is unable to play anything but the song “Chopsticks.”
But nothing is what it seems, and Glory’s reality is not reality at all. In this stunningly moving novel told in photographs, pictures, and words, it’s up to the reader to decide what is real, what is imagined, and what has been madness all along….
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