Stitches -- David Small, Paperback

David Small, a best-selling and highly regarded children's book illustrator, comes forward with this unflinching graphic memoir. Remarkable and intensely dramatic, Stitches tells the story of a fourteen-year-old boy who awakes one day from a supposedly harmless operation to discover that he has been transformed into a virtual mute--a vocal cord removed, his throat slashed and stitched together like a bloody boot. From horror to hope, Small proceeds to graphically portray an almost unbelievable descent into adolescent hell and the difficult road to physical, emotional, and artistic recovery.

A National Book Award finalist; winner of the ALA's Alex Award; a #1 New York Times graphic bestseller; Publishers Weekly and Washington Post Top Ten Books of the Year, Los Angeles Times Favorite Book, ALA Great Graphic Novels, Booklist Editors Choice Award, Huffington Post Great Books of 2009, Kirkus Reviews Best of 2009, Village Voice Best Graphic Novel, finalist for two 2010 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (Best Writer/Artist: Nonfiction; Best Reality-Based Work).

Author: David Small
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 08/01/2010
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 8.96h x 7.08w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9780393338966

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.2
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 137305 / Stitches: A Memoir


Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 09/17/2010 pg. 142
Library Journal 06/01/2014