An astonishing and moving look inside a person in pain. The author isn't shy about what it's about -- a rape at 13, at a summer party where one of the seniors decided she was the 'pretty one' that he wanted. And her attempt to call the cops -- an automatic response born by the media begging people to speak out -- led to a year of ostracization, agony and silence. The prose in this graphic novel is sparse and true to the internal struggle that is hollowing the protaganist out. The art is a sharp relief that highlights the realities of school and its hidden edges. As a father, I found I couldn't put the book down until it finally released me, in tears, at the end.