Elle(s)
The New Girl
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4.6 • 5 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Elle is just another teenage girl...most of the time. Bubbly and good-natured, she wastes no time making friends on her first day at her new school. But Elle has a secret: she hasn't come alone. She's brought with her a colorful mix of personalities, which come out when she least expects it... Who is Elle, really? And will her new friends stand by her when they find out the truth?
ABLAZE proudly presents Elle(s), a vibrant, imaginative new series. Featuring brilliant, Pixar-esque art from Aveline Stokart, and an engaging story by Kid Toussaint that brings moments of real emotion, mystery, intrigue, and humor together during the epic highs and lows of high school.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Teenage Elle, portrayed as white with a pink asymmetrical bob, manages multiple personalities, all vying for control, in this fanciful graphic novel series opener by Toussaint (the Magic 7 series) and Stokart. Elle is the talk of the town after transferring to a new school following a physical altercation with another student, and she makes fast friends with loyal, East Asian Maëlys; sardonic Farid, who is queer and Middle Eastern–cued; and serial heartbreaker Otis and quirky Linotte, who both read as white. Feeling more centered in the new environment, Elle is optimistic about maintaining her internal equilibrium, but when school stress makes her feel as if she's losing control, her outwardly erratic behavior puts a strain on her budding relationships. Stokart uses varying hair colors to cue the protagonist's myriad personae: emotionally vulnerable Elle has brown hair, whereas carefree, audacious Elle has purple hair. The book's treatment of her multiple personalities is questionable; the narrative implies their source is supernatural, and Elle claims she doesn't "believe my shrink when he says it's a bipolar disorder." Tender friendships and Stokart's lineless, animated art, rendered using vibrant lighting and textured palettes, ably convey this ambitious character study. Ages 12–up.
