Happyface stephen emond book

Happyface by stephen emond, 9780316040990, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Soon happyface is no longer sadface but happyface again. Stephen emond after going through traumatic times, a troubled, socially awkward teenager moves to a new school where he tries to reinvent himself. But while making new friends he hids his past under. Happyface by stephen emond today is the day the world changed, and that is all i will say because i dont ever want to think of it again. This book is to replicate a journal written by a boy in high school, which is why the font looks like stepphen was written and there are pictures on every page. Our main character unknown name is not very popular at school and doesnt really have an friends.

In fact, as the book unfolds, we learn a lot about gretchen, her friends karma and misty moon, her exboyfriend trevor, and even about happyfaces ex. He meets gretchen the girl of his dreams and with a smile on. Happyface is the nickname that the object of his idolization, gretchen, gave him. He created the comic book series emo boy, collected in two volumes, and is the critically. Poignantly real journal entries, emails and chat sessions allow readers to see into happyface s world, and many will identify with his yearning for supposed normalcy. Happyface tries to find love, friends, and companionship. He also won a national contest for his comic strip series steverino, which ran for several years in his local connecticut newspaper. Happyface is a very quick read, and really really good. Students are just now starting to make their way through that list so i dont really have any feedback from others about this book yet. Check out other translated books in french, spanish languages. Each of your novels has a very different approach to how the art compliments the novel. Emond uses his trademark mix of illustration and storytelling in a tale about a young couple trying to cope with racial inequality.

He has his own fan club but he wasnt always this awesome. Happyface happyface by emond, stephen author mar0110 hardcover hardcover march 1, 2010 by stephen emond author visit amazons stephen emond page. He has no summer homes in exotic locales, and has yet to win even one single solitary popularity contest. Happyface is a teenage boy who decides to change his attitude of life after a series of heartbreaking events. Happyface by emond, stephen little, brown books for young. Enter happyfaces journal and get a peek into the life of a shy, artisti. Enter happyfaces journal and get a peek into the life of a shy, artistic boy who decides to reinvent himself as a happygolucky guy after. I have been experiencing withdrawal symptoms since finishing happyface and winter town. He is working hard to give himself a social makeover from lonely geek to mysterious charmer. See the world through his hilariously selfdeprecating eyes as he learns to shed his comicbook.

What drew me in to this book wasnt so much the story, but the style of writing. The book happyface by stephen emond is a heartfelt story about a boy who goes by happy face who starts out high school in a rough environment. Stephen emond s debut happyface is unlike many books ive read recently. Its so exciting to finally be reading another stephen emond book. Told through a diary format, to include email messages, pages of sketches, comics, and instant messages, this is the story of happyface. Happyface book king county library system bibliocommons. Happyface by stephen emond meet your next favorite book. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Join facebook to connect with steve emond and others you may know. See the world through his hilariously selfdeprecating eyes as he learns to shed his comicbookloving, computer.

Happyface becomes friends with gretchen and the moon sisters. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Before sophomore, everything was fine until one day, all the events that happened just went wrong, which changed his destiny. He tries so hard to be happy, to be friendly, to be likable, that she dubs him happyface, and it sticks. Happyface book trailer for stephen emonds happyface. Stephen emond is the creator of emo boy, which ran for twelve issues and two collections with slave labor graphics. Mariko tamaki, cocreator of the new york timesbestselling and printz and caldecott honor book this one summer bright lights, dark nights is a poignant story of real life crashing into true love. Bright lights, dark nights stephen emond macmillan. Happyface is a beautiful, aweinspiring, unique bookeach page has fully integrated text and art. I suggest this book for 7th9th grade because the characters are around that age range.

Happyface by emond, stephen little, brown books for young readers, 2011 paperback paperback emond on. I liked the narrators voice and thought that emond portrayed high school very well. Chloe and the boy started become very good friends until she started dating the boys brother. Buy a cheap copy of happyface book by stephen emond. Moving easily between cartoons and painterly blackandwhite illustration, this epistolary novel of a young. It is filled with hand drawn pictures as if doodled in a notebook during class and simple comic strips that go along with the story. Bright lights, dark nights by stephen emond, paperback. Happyface is a fiction novel thats formatted like youre reading someones journal. It was published by little, brown books for young readers and has a total of 336 pages in the book. This book is part comic, part diary in the style of the absolutely true diary of a. The book itself and its creator, stephen emond, are both absolutely brilliant.

Happyface reminds me a lot of one of my alltime favourite picture books, michael rosens sad book. The topper for me is, i have no idea what the main characters name is. Happyface reaches for him and gets a fist square in the face. Happyface happyface by emond, stephen author mar01. Pdf happyface by stephen emond download pdf free ebook. Enter happyfaces journal and get a peek into the life of a shy, artistic boy who decides to reinvent himself as a. In other words, he has caught some bad breaks, but chooses to not let people in to that dark part of himself.

If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the. Happyface by emond, stephen little, brown books for young readers, 2011 paperback paperback. Happyface enter happyfaces journal and get a peek into the life of a shy, artistic boy who decides to reinvent himself as a happygolucky guy after he moves to a new town. As if taken from the mind of a real, tormented teen, happyface tells the story of an unnamed teenagers way to cope through writing and drawing in a sketchbook given to him by his father. I think happyface is like the diary of the wimpy kid, but just a little more mature. Stephen emond in love with his best friend and helpless to do anything about his family falling apart, he wasnt doing so great at life in the first place. Stephen emond is the creator of the emo boy comic series, two illustrated young adult novels, happyface and winter town, the ya novel bright lights, dark nights, and steverino, a comic strip that ran in his local connecticut newspaper. So when he swtiched schools, he slapped on a grin and went from big nerd to big shot. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. The book happyface by stephen emond was a very goodinteresting book because of all the changes our main character was going through. Happyface by stephen emond booksamillion online book store.

Summer before sophomore year was going well for happyface. Though the catalyst for his metamorphosis is so understated that its possible some may miss it altogether and be a bit puzzled later in the story, this is a minor detail in an. Stephen emonds debut happyface is unlike many books ive read recently. Then he and his mom move to a different town, and he has to take on a whole new life. Poignantly real journal entries, emails and chat sessions allow readers to see into happyfaces world, and many will identify with his yearning for supposed normalcy. As with his previous novels happyface and winter town, bright lights, dark nights, stephen emonds latest engaging blend of novel and art is a perfect book for reluctant readers and guy audiences among others. See the world through his hilariously selfdeprecating eyes as he learns to shed his comicbookloving, computergame playing ways. First off, underneath the smile on the jacket is a sad face. The book happyface is about a teenager who hides his sadness through his smile. Happyface is a weird and fairly tedious book, but if anyone enjoys the series dairy of the wimpy kid then you would enjoy this book. The narrator known only by the nickname happyface writes about how his. His first novel, happyface, was published in march 2010. The title of this book is happyface and it was written by stephen emond.

Explain the plot of the book, or if its a nonfiction book, what topics are covered. This is a book trailer that i handmade in a terribly done way, and i did it for a totally awesome english teacher. He created the comic book series emo boy, collected in two volumes, and is the critically acclaimed author and illustrator of young adult novels happyface. Happyface by stephen emond pbut id recommend this book more to guys who may have been a happyface at one point in their life. But he has a way with words and does alright with a pencil. Happyface enter happyfaces journal and get a peek into the life of a shy, artistic boy who decides to reinvent himself as a happygolucky guy after he moves. Download happyface by stephen emond 20100401 and read happyface by stephen emond 20100401 online books in format pdf. He ends up facing many challenges through life including divorce, death, and broken friendships, that he must endure going through by slapping a smile on his face and pretending that nothing is wrong. Happyface by stephen emond happyface stephen emond little, brown march 2010. We couldnt recommend it more, and were glad to have the chance to talk with emond. To begin with i should tell you that i have placed this book on my 2011 mock printz reading list. Happyface by stephen emond introduces, well, happyface, a teenage boy caught up in the woes of life but trying to maintain a positive exterior of his image. Enter happyfaces journal and get a peek into the life of a shy, artistic boy who decides to reinvent himself as a happygolucky guy after he moves to a new town.