
K Is In Trouble (a Graphic Novel)
by Gary Clement
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224
Jan 2024
Paperback
Hachette Children's Group
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
9780316468602
"Visual storytelling at the highest level" --The New York Times Book Review
A boy named K must navigate a world of outrageously unkind adults in this hysterical, Kafkaesque middle grade graphic novel, with art reminiscent of James Marshall.
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, it seems there is someone ready to blame him for everything. K is in trouble for going to school. K is in trouble for staying home. K is in trouble for running an errand, getting sick, or just being thirsty. K gets into trouble with imperious crows, persnickety station agents, bombastic teachers, his own classmates...even one nice fresh carp.
Whether it's his easily annoyed parents or prickly pedestrians on the street, K gets on everyone's bad side...and he didn't even do anything wrong!
Gary Clement takes a unique approach to the absurdities of childhood in this hilarious series opener that reinforces a timeless message: Most adults know less than a talking beetle.
A middle-grade graphic novel that plays homage to Kafka. Not your obvious first choice I hear you say but open these glorious, illustrated pages and you’ll be swept along in this hilariously absurd and over-the-top poke at the ludicrous and inept behaviour of the adults around K, the young picked-on protagonist. On every occasion that K attempts something without having developed the necessary skills, or no matter how good he tries to be, he continues to fail. Yet despite this, he manages to pick himself up and accomplish something from these mishaps. This is a little bit Edward Gorey combined with Lemony Snicket, showing us that in a world where we must navigate many roadblocks, it will be worth it in the end!



