A + E 4ever
Illustrator
Ilike Merey
Publisher
Lethe Press
Publication Year
2011
ISBN
9781590213902
Pages
214 pages
Genre
realism
Format
graphic novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Asher Machnik is a teenage boy cursed with a beautiful androgynous face. Guys punch him, girls slag him and by high school he's developed an intense fear of being touched. Art remains his only escape. Eulalie Mason is the lonely, tough-talking dyke from school who befriends Ash, a fellow artist and a best friend...a + e 4EVER is a graphic novel set in that ambiguous crossroads where love and friendship, boy and girl, straight and gay meet. It goes where few books have ventured, into gender/queer life, where affections aren't black and white.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Bisexuality; Androgyny; Gay/Lesbian; Transgender; bisexual teenager; lesbian; boy to girl; gender fluid; femine characteristics; masculine characteristics
Main Character
boy
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and father
LGBTQ+
male/male; female/female; male/female
Awards
Stonewall Book Award, 2012, Honor, Children's (Young Adult Literature)
Stonewall Book Award, 2012, Honor Book
Keywords
bisexuals; high school; love; friendship; art; music
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Merey, Ilike, "A + E 4ever" (2011). Diverse Families. 822.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/822