K Is in Trouble (K Is in Trouble #1)

by Gary Clement (Author)

K Is in Trouble (K Is in Trouble #1)
Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade
Series: K Is in Trouble

A boy named K must navigate a world of outrageously unkind adults in this hysterical, Kafkaesque middle grade graphic novel, with art reminiscent of James Marshall.

K is nice, polite, and always does as he's told. K is also always, always in trouble.

No matter what he does or says, it seems there is someone ready to blame him for everything. K is in trouble for going to school. K is in trouble for staying home. K is in trouble for running an errand, getting sick, or just being thirsty. K gets into trouble with imperious crows, persnickety station agents, bombastic teachers, his own classmates...even one nice fresh carp.

Whether it's his easily annoyed parents or prickly pedestrians on the street, K gets on everyone's bad side...and he didn't even do anything wrong!

Gary Clement takes a unique approach to the absurdities of childhood in this hilarious series opener that reinforces a timeless message: Most adults know less than a talking beetle.

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In each of five graphic short stories, Clement presents a situation of powerlessness, oppression, or ennui in which K encounters a small moment of grace...a sympathetic and respectful portrait of the condition of being a child, a condition as familiar now as then.

ALA/Booklist

Starred Review
Clement's debut graphic novel makes a good case that this age group could find great relevance, at least, in those things we've come to call 'Kafkaesque'...A truly unique effort that will become a deeply resonant touchstone for anyone who recognizes in it the occasional strangeness of their world.

Kirkus

A series opener with niche appeal.

Review quotes

"K is my new favorite hero, and my new favorite letter of the alphabet. If you like this book, then you are a wonderful person, and if you don't, then something is wrong with you."—Lemony Snicket
Gary Clement
Gary Clement is a Canadian artist, cartoonist, illustrator, and writer. He's the author and illustrator of several children's books, among them The Great Poochini, which earned Canada's Governor General's Literary Award in Children's Literature--Illustration, and most recently illustrated My Winter City, written by James Gladstone. His illustrations have appeared in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and many other newspapers and magazines across North America. K Is in Trouble is his debut graphic novel.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780316468602
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Little, Brown Ink
Publication date
January 16, 2024
Series
K Is in Trouble
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV013060 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents
JUV039140 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
JUV005000 - Juvenile Fiction | Boys & Men
JUV059000 - Juvenile Fiction | Dystopian
JUV008110 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Humorous
Library of Congress categories
Families
Family life
Schools
Graphic novels
Cartoons and comics

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