Book Talk - Why We Broke Up

Handler, Daniel and Maira Kalman. Why We Broke Up. New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 2011.
ISBN 9780316127257; hardback; $19.99; 354 pages.

Annotation:
Narrating the contents of a box, left at her ex-boyfriend's front door, Min goes over the trinkets and mementos of their short-but-strongly-felt relationship.  Sweetly illustrated and recommended for any high school or public library.

Awards:
2012 Printz Award Honor Book

Book Talk:
The Graphic Form:
Dreamy, film-obsessed Min is done.  She's done with Ed.  The contents of the box she is going to leave at his door are the relics of their relationship (turning pages to show illustrations of the items) and she wants him to know just what went wrong.  This story follows a shining and exciting young love and explores the way young people can grow to understand themselves through the ups and downs of romance.


Daniel Handler, more commonly known as Lemony Snicket, wrote this touching story about a brief but heartfelt romance - the rush and disappointment of teenage love.  Check out the Tumblr for the book at Why We Broke Up Project.