Improve : how I discovered improv and conquered social anxiety
Title
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Improve : how I discovered improv and conquered social anxiety
Personal Author EPSB
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Alex, Graudins
Summary
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A graphic memoir for teens about the author's efforts to overcome her social anxiety by learning improv comedy. Alex has crippling social anxiety. All day long, she is trapped in a web of negative thoughts and paralyzing fear. To pull herself free of this endless cycle, Alex does something truly terrifying: she signs up for an improv comedy class. By forcing herself to play silly games and act out ridiculous scenes, Alex confronts the unbearable weight of embarrassment, makes new friends, rediscovers parts of herself that she'd hidden away, and ultimately faces her greatest fear by performing onstage for all to see.
Other Title
:
How I discovered improv and conquered social anxiety.
Year Published
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2022
Physical Description
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219 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Personal Subject
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Graudins, Alex-Comic books, strips, etc.
Graudins, Alex.
Graudins, Alex-Cartoons and comics
Subject
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Social phobia -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Social phobia.
Social phobia in adolescence -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Social phobia in adolescence.
Comedy -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Comedy.
Teenagers -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Teenagers.
Genre
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Autobiographical comics.
Nonfiction comics.
Humorous comics.
Graphic novels.
Summary
:
A graphic memoir for teens about the author's efforts to overcome her social anxiety by learning improv comedy. Alex has crippling social anxiety. All day long, she is trapped in a web of negative thoughts and paralyzing fear. To pull herself free of this endless cycle, Alex does something truly terrifying: she signs up for an improv comedy class. By forcing herself to play silly games and act out ridiculous scenes, Alex confronts the unbearable weight of embarrassment, makes new friends, rediscovers parts of herself that she'd hidden away, and ultimately faces her greatest fear by performing onstage for all to see.
ISBN
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9781250208224
9781250208231
Publisher
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New York : First Second, 2022.
©2022
Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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Edmonton Christian West | YA GN GRA | Book | 38515000497621 | Young Adult |