{"product_id":"low-orbit-isbn-9781603095525","title":"Low Orbit","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn atmospheric and profound coming-of-age graphic novel about a Malaysian American teen carving out her own identity in the uneasy space between friends and family.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated for the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Artist!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFifteen-year-old Azar feels stuck. Her mom’s job forced them to move to Vermont, where Azar doesn't know anyone. Her only friends are the next-door neighbors: an aging sci-fi writer and his nonbinary teen, Tristan, fellow misfits in the small-town community. For a while, Azar can escape her troubles by disappearing into the pages of her kindly neighbor’s epic novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Exiles of Overworld\u003c\/i\u003e. But when her queerness throws her life out of balance, Azar realizes some secrets can’t be escaped forever. Somewhere in the abandoned malls, lakes, and comic conventions that fill her new life, Azar fights to find herself. What else will she discover?“Masterful…Azar’s earnest struggle to bridge emotional distances is something every reader will relate to.” \u003cb\u003e— Rebecca Mickey Mock, artist of \u003ci\u003eCompass South\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSalt Magic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLow Orbit\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender and evocative graphic novel about the pain and joy of all our relationships. You will be drawn into Azar’s world with every page. An exquisite debut.” \u003cb\u003e— Tillie Walden, author of \u003ci\u003eOn a Sunbeam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Lee’s deft cartooning tells an immersive story of adolescent queer experience with specificity and clarity. I loved it.” \u003cb\u003e— Priya Huq, author of \u003ci\u003ePiece by Piece: The Story of Nisrin's Hijab\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This lovely, generous book offers a fresh and exuberant perspective on queerness. Intergenerational and intercultural in its scope, it offers readers a look at the radical possibilities that open to us when we learn how to be ourselves with each other.” \u003cb\u003e— Dr. Shiamin Kwa, author of \u003ci\u003eRegarding Frames: Thinking with Comics in the Twenty-First Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“A moving journey of self-acceptance.”\u003cb\u003e — \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Lee has crafted an earnest coming-of-age graphic novel... Azar’s resilience can be a model for teens to recognize that the pain they are in now is not how they might feel in the future.” \u003cb\u003e— \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eKazimir Lee\u003c\/b\u003e has lived for almost equal amounts of time in Malaysia, the UK, and the US. They now reside in Brooklyn. They enjoy queer subtext, parenthood, ghost stories, and karaoke.","brand":"Top Shelf Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305228128485,"sku":"NP9781603095525","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781603095525.jpg?v=1767731936","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/low-orbit-isbn-9781603095525","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}