Freestyle: A Graphic Novel

Cory's dance crew is getting ready for a major competition. It's the last one before they graduate eighth grade and go their separate ways to high schools all over New York City, so they have to make it count! The group starts to have problems as their crew captain gets increasingly intense about nailing the routine, and things go from bad to worse when Cory's parents ground him for not taking his grades seriously. He gets stuck with a new tutor, Sunna, who he dismisses as a boring nerd… until he catches her secretly practicing cool yo-yo tricks. Cory wants to learn the art of yo-yo, and as his friendship with Sunna grows, he ends up missing practice and bailing on his crew -- and they are not happy about it. With mounting pressure coming from all sides, how is Cory supposed to balance the expectations of his parents, school, dance, and his new friend?

GALE GALLIGAN figure au palmarès du New York Times, a reçu des prix pour les romans graphiques Freestyle et Fresh Start, et a signé quatre adaptations en bande dessinée du Club des Baby-Sitters. Lorsque Gale n’est pas en train de faire des bandes dessinées, iel aime tricoter, lire et passer du temps avec sa famille et ses animaux de compagnie à Pearl River, dans l’État de New York. Gale fait partie du groupe qui a fondé Comics Advocacy Group, une association à but non lucratif qui s’engage à rendre les carrières dans la bande dessinée plus accessibles et plus durables.