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The Flip Side: a Graphic Novel by Jason Walz

The Flip Side: a Graphic Novel

Jason Walz

Penguin Young Readers Group · Hardcover · April 22, 2025

This breathtaking, page-turning graphic novel is a supernatural survival story in which a grieving teen finds himself in a haunting alternate reality—the frightening embodiment of his depression.

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Who it’s for
A supernatural survival story gives a grieving teen’s depression a frightening, otherworldly shape.
Themes
Grief, Depression, Survival
Pacing
Fast

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This breathtaking, page-turning graphic novel is a supernatural survival story in which a grieving teen finds himself in a haunting alternate reality—the frightening embodiment of his depression. For fans of Stranger Things and Nimona. Theo’s best friend has died, and he can’t pull himself out of his sadness—a sadness that those around him don’t seem to respect or even notice.

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And then something even more disconcerting happens: His town literally flips upside down and everyone disappears, except for a threatening, shape-shifting monster and a snarky teenage girl who knows her way around this flipped world. Is Theo doomed to spend the rest of his life in this scary state? Tremendously unique and suspenseful, The Flip Side tackles grief and depression in a fascinating and affecting way.

Grief Meets the Uncanny

A supernatural survival story gives a grieving teen’s depression a frightening, otherworldly shape.

Come here for

  • A town turned upside down and suddenly empty
  • A shape-shifting monster and a sharp-tongued guide

Expect

  • Eerie suspense in graphic-novel form
  • Affecting attention to grief and depression

Where it sits

Depression for Teens56%
YA Paranormal Comics48%
Death & Grief for Teens47%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Coming-of-Age Comics
  • YA Paranormal Comics
  • Depression for Teens
Authors
Jason Walz
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Published
April 22, 2025
Format
Hardcover
Theme
Grief · Depression · Survival
Reading lane
YA Coming-of-Age Comics