David Small, a best-selling and highly regarded children's book illustrator, com
es forward with this unflinching graphic memoir. Remarkable and intensely dramat
ic, Stitches tells the story of a fourteen-year-old boy who awakes one day from
a supposedly harmless operation to discover that he has been transformed into a
virtual mute a vocal cord removed, his throat slashed and stitched together like
a bloody boot. From horror to hope, Small proceeds to graphically portray an al
most unbelievable descent into adolescent hell and the difficult road to physica
l, emotional, and artistic recovery. A National Book Award finalist; winner of t
he ALA's Alex Award; a #1 New York Times graphic bestseller; Publishers Weekly a
nd Washington Post Top Ten Books of the Year, Los Angeles Times Favorite Book, A
LA Great Graphic Novels, Booklist Editors Choice Award, Huffington Post Great Bo
oks of 2009, Kirkus Reviews Best of 2009, Village Voice Best Graphic Novel, fina
list for two 2010 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (Best Writer/Artist: Nonfict
ion; Best Reality-Based Work)."
