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Dark Horse Comics

The Airless Year

The Airless Year

€14,99
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Product Type:
Trade Paperback
Product Line:
Dark Horse Books
Author:
Adam P. Knave
Illustrated by:
Valentine Barker
ISBN:
9781506720357
Pages:
160
Language:
English

Release Date:
Jul 12, 2022

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ABOUT

For Kacee, a queer Black girl in middle school, everything feels like a struggle. Her parents take out their personal issues on her, classes are a challenge, her crush is clueless about her feelings, and her two best friends are always at odds.
When Kacee fails a class as a result of her stress and ends up in summer school, she starts to wonder why she even bothers trying—and ultimately begins to discover her own power to improve the things in her life she can control, and try to let go of what she can’t.
 
From writer Adam P. Knave (The Once and Future Queen) and artist Valentine Barker, with letters by Frank Cvetkovic (Punch-Up), The Airless Year is a story of self-discovery and empowerment about taking control where you can, and learning to let the rest go.
 

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