Synopses & Reviews
Elisha Cooper spent a year hanging out at a Chicago high school listening, watching, questioning, and sketching the students. He followed eight kids in particular, mostly seniors, through their entire year, and by telling their specific storiesof classes, extra-curriculars, friends, romances, and familyhe gives us a more general picture of what its like to be a high school student today. Part documentary, part soap opera, part sketchbook, this is an eye-opening, thoroughly entertaining accountone that will appeal equally to readers who are looking forward to high school and those who are looking back.
About the Author
Elisha Cooper is the author of the acclaimed memoir Crawling: A Fathers First Year, the sketchbook A Year in New Dance! among many other illustrated books. He lives in New York City.