Nick Pope: Summer of '88 - Softcover

Stanton, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798234068880

Publisher: Cobbler Books, 2026

Synopsis

What happens when a boy who has been bullied for how he looks must draw his own face for the world to see?

Teenage Nick Pope has prominent birthmarks around his eyes - and he is ridiculed because of them. He quits his therapist and starts writing and drawing in his diary again, convinced he can handle his internal chaos alone.

Now he has been offered a solo gallery show of his art.

Nick is afraid to draw himself. He is scared to figure out if his feelings for his fellow artist Max mean he is gay. His family is falling apart.

Can Nick confront these challenges before the summer of 1988 runs out?

About this title

About the Author

Christopher Stanton's novel in stories Dandelion Crossing, about the first week of a brand-new suburban shopping mall in 1983, is now available, as are Kings of the Earth, the story of a haunted surfing town on Lake Michigan, and The Underachiever: Collected Stories (2000-2010).He also created the acclaimed graphic novel Nick Pope, illustrated by Christopher Darling. Nick Pope: Summer of '88, a sequel illustrated by Raymond Klecker, arrived in March 2026.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cobbler Books
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798234068880
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Klecker Raymond
• Number of pages: 142