Winifred is finally breaking out of her shell, but there’s one secret she can’t bear to admit to April and Oscar, or even to herself―and this lie is threatening to destroy her newfound friendships. The three bond through clandestine sleepovers, thrift store shopping, and zine publishing. In art class, she meets two offbeat students, Oscar and April. (Jan.It’s the first day of sophomore year, and now that Winifred’s two best (and only) friends have transferred to a private school, she must navigate high school on her own.īut she isn’t alone for long. Agent: Jennifer Linnan, Linnan Literary Management. Spare illustrations with a limited palette add to a visually and emotionally satisfying read about escaping depression and loneliness through art-making. With help from her empathic mom, meds, and a guidance counselor, Win eventually takes self-expression from the pages of her zine to real life, and finally reciprocates the overtures of a welcoming friend. The three share a love of art and struggle with self-esteem, and they find an outlet by creating a zine, Gutterglimmers, which evolves over the course of the story, conveyed in full issues accompanied by zine-making instructions. But she soon befriends wealthy, enthusiastic April, cued as white and nonbinary, and poetic, pansexual Oscar, who has brown skin. Win, who is self-conscious about eating in front of others, “trick” her body “into forgetting it was hungry by making it sick instead” at night and stays awake worrying. In 2002, Winifred Cunningham is an anxious white 10th grader whose closest friends have recently transferred to other schools. Searle’s semi-autobiographical graphic novel covers teen relationships, mental health, art-making, and disordered eating with crackling specificity.
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