Lad圜onstellation is eventually outed, painfully and publicly, causing Eliza to spiral into depression, self-harm, and thoughts of suicide. Zappia ( Made You Up) uses her own illustrated Monstrous Sea panels to punctuate elements of the narrative and to show how Eliza and Wallace find solace in fandom. Things don’t go as planned after she meets Wallace, a diehard fan of Monstrous Sea and an equally broken fan fiction writer. Eliza’s plan is to quietly finish high school (and the comic), then head off to college where she won’t be known as the weird, friendless girl. Young Adult Library Services Association Best BookEliza Mirk, 18, has a secret-one that only her immediate family knows: she is Lad圜onstellation, the creator of the hugely popular webcomic Monstrous Sea. With pages from Eliza’s webcomic, as well as screenshots from Eliza’s online forums, this book will appeal to fans of Noelle Stevenson’s Nimona and Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl. But when Eliza’s secret is accidentally shared with the world, everything she’s built-her story, her relationship with Wallace, and even her sanity-begins to fall apart. Then Wallace Warland transfers to her school and Eliza begins to wonder if a life offline might be worthwhile. Eliza can’t imagine enjoying the real world as much as she loves her digital community.
With millions of followers and fans throughout the world, Eliza’s persona is popular. Online, Eliza is Lad圜onstellation, anonymous creator of a popular webcomic called Monstrous Sea.
In the real world, Eliza Mirk is shy, weird, and friendless. Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl meets Noelle Stevenson’s Nimona in this acclaimed novel about art, fandom, and finding the courage to be yourself. “A love letter to fandom, friendship, and the stories that shape us, Eliza and Her Monsters is absolutely magical.”-Marieke Nijkamp, New York Times–bestselling author of This Is Where It EndsĮighteen-year-old Eliza Mirk is the anonymous creator of the wildly popular webcomic Monstrous Sea, but when a new boy at school tempts her to live a life offline, everything she’s worked for begins to crumble.
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