This comic retelling of King Lear takes place at the same high school as the first book in the series, 12th Grade Night. Leah steps down from the cheer captaincy that was her life after a college disappointment, and the competition to take over as captain shatters the team and opens deep rifts among friends.
I wasn't sure that a tragedy would work as well in a high school setting as a comedy, but I was really impressed by how thoughtfully this was written. It is true that it's more funny than sad, and the ending definitely isn't a tragedy, but I do feel like it meaningful engaged with the themes of the original. This is a really cool graphic novel, and I'm looking forward to more being published in the series.
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