How it All Ends
How It All Ends by Emma Hunsinger is a debut graphic novel published by HarperCollins Publishers in 2024, featuring 295 pages in English. This story follows thirteen-year-old Tara as she navigates the challenges of being thrust from seventh grade into high school, where the realities of adolescence collide with her imaginative world. As Tara grapples with the pressures of growing up, she encounters new experiences and friendships that push her to confront who she is and who she might become.
Readers will find a humorous and candid exploration of self-discovery, friendship, and the complexities of school life. The narrative captures the excitement and anxiety of adolescence, particularly through Tara’s interactions with her new classmate Libby. With themes of family, emotions, and social dynamics, How It All Ends offers a relatable perspective on the tumultuous journey of growing up, making it a significant addition to the genres of juvenile fiction and graphic novels.
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“Hilarious, inventive, smart, and silly.” –Alice Oseman, bestselling author of Heartstopper
“Emma Hunsinger’s sharp wit and eclectic humor shines in this fantastic story about making new friends and surviving school.” –Dan Santat, National Book Award winner for A First Time for Everything
A funny, vulnerable, and disarming debut graphic novel from Emma Hunsinger, the creator of the popular “How to Draw a Horse.” How It All Ends is a book about being overwhelmed by who you are and who you might be–and all the possibilities in between. For fans of Snapdragon, The Magic Fish, Heartstopper, and New Kid.
Thirteen-year-old Tara lives inside the nonstop adventure of her imagination. It’s far more entertaining than dull, everyday life. But when she’s bumped from seventh grade directly to high school, back-to-school season gives her a dramatic jolt to reality.
Tara isn’t ready to watch the racy shows the high school kids like, or to listen to the angsty music, or to stop playing make-believe with her younger brother. She’s not ready to change for PE in front of everyone, or for the chaos of the hallways, or for the anarchy of an English class that’s overrun with fourteen-year-old boys.
But then there’s Libby.
Tara doesn’t know whether she’s ready for Libby. She can’t even explain who Libby is to her because she doesn’t know yet. She just knows that everything’s more fun when she and her new classmate are together. But what will happen next How will it all end
Emma Hunsinger’s clever, candid debut graphic novel brilliantly captures the humor and the horror of self-discovery and the first blushes of having a crush. How It All Ends deftly explores how unbearable–but exciting!–it is to grow up.
“Imaginative and hysterical, and with the sort of rare, clear-seeing honesty that will make any reader feel less alone in the world. I loved it.” –Eliot Schrefer, two-time National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author
“Emma Hunsinger is a master at revealing human emotion through comedy and absurdism. How It All Ends is a hilarious, surreal, and deeply sincere story about finding yourself in a situation that you don’t feel ready to face and making your way through it anyway.” –Sarah Sax, author of Picture Day
“How It All Ends felt like Emma Hunsinger’s inner child asking my own inner child, ‘Hey, you want to sit together’ I’ve never felt so healed by a book. I can’t wait to give it to everyone I know.” –Adib Khorram, award-winning author of Darius the Great Is Not Okay
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