I read a few YA graphic novels for the recent panel I moderated at the Brooklyn Book Fest and a topic I’m so glad to see getting addressed a lot in these is the pressure on teenagers to get into and somehow pay for a higher education, and a lot of questioning about whether that’s the right thing

This book in particular had some great perspective on it, characters who wanted to get into a prestigious but high cost art school, taking seriously their drive and commitment, but also expressing pure rage at what gets extracted from kids, both financially and emotionally, to do so