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Brian Devine and Dave Devine ’s YA Graphic Novel , From Both Sides , a coming - of - geezerhood Latinian language , set in eighties Philadelphia .
Brian DevineandDave Devine ’s debut YA graphic novel , From Both Sides , is a add up - of - geezerhood YA romance reminiscent of Eleanor & Park , limit in eighties Philadelphia , in which freshman Martha Dunn usurp a more confident alter ego , Josie Bloom , to start out up a letter and mixtape telephone exchange with her former best friend , Simon Skylark , and the two reunite in existent spirit to contend in a Battle of the Bands to succeed ticket to the hot tending concert .
Kate Harrisonat Dial has develop North American rights toFrom Both Sides , for publishing in the autumn of 2027 . Brian and Dave Devine ’s agent , Kristin Ostbyat Greenhouse Literary negotiated the deal .
" Meet Simon Skylark . Simon is an eighth grader at Benjamin Chew Middle School in Glenfield , Pa. , a suburbia of Philadelphia . He ’s always been more or less of an outsider , strong-arm at shoal and struggling to detect a stead in the typical middle schooling cliques . Despite growing up near Philly , Simon ’s primary cacoethes in life is British music — specifically the Manchester ring , @thesmithsofficial "
" Meet Martha Dunn . Martha is a 13 - year - old eighth grader at Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows Catholic grade school in Glenfield . She used to take care Chew Middle , but after a serial publication of incident with her acquaintance Simon , her parents transferred her to Seven Sorrows at the start of eighth grade . The only child of Alan and Linda Dunn , Martha has grown up shelter , smothered and fairly naive in a materialistic religious household . She enjoy photography , @duranduran , playing pianoforte and reading books , although not inevitably the I her parents would approve . "
" It ’s been almost a twelvemonth since Martha Dunn transfer to her fresh middle school , leaving behind her good friend , Simon Skylark . Now , she ’s just compose heartfelt Song on her synthesiser and stress to wear Catholic school until commencement ceremony . And Simon ’s barely live 8th grade himself , dreaming of starting a stripe and hoping to win tickets to the jumbo Live Aid concert come to Philadelphia in July . But when a exclusive ruby balloon finds its manner from Simon to Martha , the former friends are reunite in a way neither could have imagined . "
" This is Ernie ! Ernest " Ernie " McNerney is Simon ’s best champion at Chew Middle , and the primary pardner for most of his schema — musical and otherwise . Ernie is a brainy , creative kid who likes to flow out at the arcade , read Stephen King novels , and invent novel comic Christian Bible character . His parents want him to go to aesculapian school , but — ever since let an electronic keyboard for his birthday and watching Star Wars — he ’s wanted to write film scores . "
" Say hello to Catalina Morales : Cat Morales is Martha ’s only real protagonist at Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows . Like Martha , she ’s a young arrival to the 8th grade , having moved with her family from Texas at the commencement of the schooling year so her momma could set about a job as a news newsperson for a Philadelphia TV station . Outspoken and sarcastic , Cat ’s personality sometimes clash with Martha ’s , but they link up over forbidden Judy Blume al-Qur’an , singing soprano in the choir , and being the shunned newcomers to a class that ’s been together for age . "
" Van O’Rourke is the drummer — and fellow Chew halfway eighth grader — that Simon and Ernie recruit to be in their stripe once they realize they probably wo n’t succeed as a duo . adopt as an babe from Vietnam , Van grew up in California until the end of seventh ground level , when his father take a banking job in Philadelphia and strike the family east . Although Van has never surfed , ca n’t skateboard , and know 60 minutes from the California coast , he goes along with the " Cali Thomas Kid " and " Hollywood " stereotypes his schoolfellow hurtle upon him , figuring it ’s the only social capital he check as the new child In an unfamiliar schoolhouse . "
" Make way for Dina : Dina Di Rocco is , by all accounts , the most popular girl in the eighth grade at Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows . Older than most of her classmates ( after being held back in second grade ) , Dina ’s physical and social matureness restrain most of her classmates . She make a point of hang out with high schooling boy , an disposition that only increase when she ’s made a next-to-last lifesaver at the local swimming club . Dina ignores , and occasionally bullies , Martha and Catalina , but her " coolheaded girl " popularity and " multitude pleaser " facade belies a deep loneliness and insecurity . "
" Meet Simon ’s medicine mentor : Louise , who goes by the name " Lou , " work the Johnny Cash register at the Record Hive , the local record store where Simon frequently hangs out and occasionally purchases music . A college student from England studying at Philadelphia Art Academy , Lou is also a late - night DJ at the college ’s FM radio station . She initially serves as Simon ’s conduit to the latest New Wave music and as a guide to all thing British , but eventually ends up mentor his attempts to form a striation and succeed ticket to hold up help . "
" Meet Sister Mindy : Sister Mindy is a 28 - year - old nun who belong to the Sisters of the Seven Sorrows , the spiritual order that launch and staff the Catholic school day Martha attends . before long after Martha begin a summer job at the school ’s convent , Sr . Mindy returns from a year of studying in Rome , and the two adhesion — accidentally — over take on keyboard and a mutual love of New Wave medicine . While " Mindy " is her existent name , the other nuns call her Sr . Jude Josephine , the formal name she selected when she record the convent . "
" Meet Mitchell Skylark : Mitchell is Simon ’s 19 - yr - old blood brother , a high schooling dropout who spends his sentence read hot rod magazines , listening to backbreaking metal , view professional wrestling , and determine up his 1978 Ford Econoline custom van . Although he and Simon have trivial in common , and he ’s ready to discombobulate his untested brother in a headlock than to give him a compliment , Mitchell is still protective of Simon . in secret , he admire Simon ’s pertinacity in pursue his dreams — something Mitchell has never had the courageousness or confidence to do . "
" Martha Dunn and Simon Skylark were best supporter , until one fatal decision a year ago result them attending different school for 8th grade . Now , Martha expend her days compose songs on the folk piano and attempt to avoid the bullies at her strict Catholic school . Simon daydream of starting a band , so he can get ahead tickets to the monolithic sexual love Aid concert coming to town . But when a single red balloon observe its room from Simon to Martha , the former friends are reunite in a way neither could have imagined . jell in the Philadelphia suburbs of 1985 , and inspired by the dear mixtapes of that era , From Both Sides is a carefully curated , two - sided take on timeless music , frail friendships , and the deeply human desire to sleep together and be loved . "
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