K Is in Trouble (A Graphic Novel)
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K is nice, polite, and always does as he’s told. K is also always, always in trouble.
No matter what he does or says,...
Published By Little, Brown Ink
Format Paperback
Number Of Pages 224
Publication Date 01/16/2024
ISBN 9780316468602
Dimensions 7.05 inches x 9 inches
Praise for K Is in Trouble:
A Kids’ Indie Next Pick
An NPR Best Book of the Year
"K is my new favorite hero, and my new favorite letter of the alphabet. If you like this book, then you are a wonderful person, and if you don't, then something is wrong with you."—Lemony Snicket
“Even the happiest boys and girls know what it is to be buffeted about by adults…The universality of this experience, which, depending on the adult caprice, can feel like the most acute injustice, gives resonance to K Is in Trouble."—The Wall Street Journal
"If there’s a young existentialist in your life, get them a copy of 'K Is in Trouble.'" —The Washington Post
"This is a bizarre, downbeat, ultimately endearing little book, chock full of life’s inequalities."—NPR
"The strange humor and often advanced vocabulary, such as 'interminable' and 'intransigent,' will remind readers of Lemony Snicket."—School Library Journal
*"Clement’s debut graphic novel makes a good case that this age group could find great relevance, at least, in those things we’ve come to call 'Kafkaesque'...A truly unique effort that will become a deeply resonant touchstone for anyone who recognizes in it the occasional strangeness of their world."—Booklist, starred review
*“That Clement never bows to the demands of feel-goodery – or explains away the endless absurdities K must face – is one of the most pleasing, and paradoxically realistic aspects of these weird, wonderful tales.”—Quill and Quire, starred review
“Odd mishaps and hostile grown-ups plague a lonely child in this set of surreal episodes…channeling the spirit of Franz Kafka in the plot and the gothic sensibility of Edward Gorey in the art.”—Kirkus Reviews
“In each of five graphic short stories, Clement presents a situation of powerlessness, oppression, or ennui in which K encounters a small moment of grace…a sympathetic and respectful portrait of the condition of being a child, a condition as familiar now as then.”—The Horn Book
“K is indeed in trouble—in more ways than one—in this quirky, subversive graphic novel.” —BCCB
“Overall, wickedly funny, a little wacky and with tons of slapstick humour, K is in Trouble is recommended for library collections.”—Canadian Review of Materials