Different for Boys

Different For Boys is tender, funny, and hard to put down. Bendix’s illustrations add a great sense of atmosphere at times playful and at times a gloomy mess - not unlike adolescence in general. I also liked the clear narrative voice in this graphic novel. It is assured but humble, wry but sincere. * Jimmy, Better Read than Dead Bookshop, Newtown *
… the book’s brevity allows for an unflinching focus and sincerity that elevates what might otherwise be a simple story: this is a book which begs to be read, pondered, and read again. While Different for Boys will naturally resonate most with queer young men, I would wholeheartedly recommend it for any teenager navigating the bewildering and complex world of love and sex. * Joe Murray, Readings *
The brevity of this story adds to its power, distilling the plot to its most necessary, brutal, loving elements. [Blanking] masterful. * Kirkus (starred review) *
Within this beautifully crafted package lies a poignant story of a boy reaching out in loneliness and grasping unvarnished truth. * Booklist *
Ness delivers an authentic-feeling story that interrogates the idea that teens are “too young to read about the stuff we actually do. Black-and-white pencil illustrations by Bendix provide an expressive complement to concise, sensitive, and thought-provoking text in this un-put-downable, easily devoured read. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *

Patrick Ness is the award-winning and bestselling author of the Chaos Walking trilogy, which inspired a major motion picture. He is also the author of critically acclaimed novels A Monster Calls, More Than This, Release, The Rest of Us Just Live Here, And the Ocean Was Our Sky and Burn. He has won every major prize in children’s fiction, including the Carnegie Medal twice. He has also written the screenplay for the film version of A Monster Calls and Class, the BBC Doctor Who drama.

Tea Bendix is a Danish illustrator, author, graphic designer and live drawing performer, based in Copenhagen. She graduated from the Danish School of Design and works across different media, including picture books, non-fiction, apps, children’s radio and drawings for TV.

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