Language eng Summary After going through traumatic times, a troubled, socially awkward teenager moves to a new school where he tries to reinvent himself Cataloging source DLC Emond, Stephen Dewey number Index no index present Interest level MG+ Literary form fiction Reading level 4. Emotional problems of teenagers - Juvenile fiction.Dating (Social customs) - Juvenile fiction.Interpersonal relations - Juvenile fiction.true Emotional problems of teenage boys.'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.Label Happyface Title Happyface Statement of responsibility by Stephen Emond Creator Its characters have many different personalities and they all come with their own set of problems that Happyface has to deal with. Little, Brown, 16.99 (307pp) ISBN 978-0-3 Comic artist Emond ( Emo Boy ) pens an endearing and self-deprecatingly witty debut novel à la illustrated. The pencil-and-ink sketches, comics, and doodles, paired with a disastrously small handwriting font, lend an intimate stream-of-consciousness feel to a story by turns funny, wrenching, quirky, and redemptive.- Joyce Adams Burner, National Archives at Kansas City, MOĬopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Overall, Happyface by Stephen Emond is an excellent book, an easy ready, and all around hilarious book. Emond tells the story via the teen's illustrated journal, authentically capturing his up-and-down emotions.

Inevitably, the suppressed inner feelings build until Happyface blows up, finally giving him the chance to come clean and make an authentically fresh start without hiding behind a mask. But who is Happyface That’s the entire premise of the story. Told through a diary format, to include email messages, pages of sketches, comics, and instant messages, this is the story of Happyface. It works for a while and, surrounded by popular friends who know nothing of his real story, Happyface pursues the enigmatic Gretchen, struggling to interpret her mixed signals. Stephen Emond’s debut Happyface is unlike many books I’ve read recently. Bottling up his grief and fear, he pastes a big smile on his face and makes a fresh start as the class clown. When horrific tragedy tears his family apart, he finds himself living in a ratty apartment with his newly sober mom and attending a new high school. Grade 7–10-Happyface is a shy, artistic sophomore, awkwardly coping with life from the sidelines.

Happyface by stephen emond