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For most of his life, Donnie's followed his mother's advice, given when he was first picked on by bullies in grade school: ignore them. He lives mostly under the radar, both at school and at home, sailing through classes and working on his graphic novel, Schemata. His life sucks, but at least he knows what to expect. The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl relates what happens when someone notices him — really notices him — for the first time.

Mysterious goth girl Kyra, dressed in black and with an attitude just as dark, forces her way into his life, renaming him Fanboy. A loner in her own right, Kyra challenges Fanboy's perceptions of his possibilities. When Fanboy's longtime friend Cal starts hanging out with the jocks that have always made Fanboy's life a living hell, Kyra steps in to fill the void. She convinces him that greatness lies within reach, if only he can convince comic book guru Bendis to take a look at his graphic novel . . .

Author Barry Lyga, a comic book fan in his own right, writes intimately and respectfully about how the world sees and is seen by marginalized, creative, and conflicted teens whose only difference from those around them is that they read and write about superheroes.

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"Recovering comic book geek" Barry Lyga has written an arresting first novel about a high school boy strapped with daunting adolescent problems. Observant loner Fanboy must cope with his parents' divorce, the advent of Step-Fascist, and the imminent, quite unwelcome arrival of a new sibling. On top of that, old friends are slipping into the black hole of popularity and Fanboy's new friend, Goth Girl, is a raging cynic. This teen novel will appeal to mature, hip readers.

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Life is pretty dismal for the geeky 15-year-old narrator of Lyga's debut novel, who will quickly win over readers. He is mostly ignored by his beer-guzzling, gun-toting stepfather (aka "step-fascist") and pregnant mother (who still calls him Donnie), and harassed at school. His only friend, Cal, ignores him whenever the popular guys come around. Then a goth girl named Kyra sends him a surprise email, and he finds someone to talk to about everything from comics to their disdain for their classmates ("Someone could walk through the halls with a machine gun and kill ninety-nine percent of the people in that place and I wouldn't care," Kyra says). He even shows her the graphic novel he is hoping to publish so he can "get away from here. Start new somewhere else." But while Kyra is always blunt and angry, "fanboy" (as she calls him) begins slowly to piece together just how troubled she is. The story unfolds slowly, and a few resolutions seem scripted, such as the narrator making sudden peace with the step-fascist. But fanboy's comic book obsession feels authentic, in the way he describes famous authors, the difficulty of creating a comic ("You have to decide if the words are important enough to cover up the artwork that's telling half the story"), and even life inside a comic-book convention. His relationship with Kyra seems real, too; they are both truly outsiders, full of confusion and pain ("I don't know how I got here," he says during their big fight. "I don't think she knows, either"). In the end, there is plenty here to keep readers engaged. Ages 14-up. (Oct.) Agent: Kathleen Anderson, Anderson Literary Management. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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Fanboy's life consists of being abused in gym class every day, tortured by the very sight of a gorgeous girl named Dina, fighting with his mother and the stepfacist--stepfather, and working on a graphic novel that he hopes to show his idol, Brian Michael Bendis. Fanboy's only friend is Cal, who shares Fanboy's interest in comics and graphic novels but is also a jock. The only thing that keeps Fanboy sane is a bullet that he carries with him every day. One day Fanboy is e-mailed a picture of him being hit in gym class by "Promethea387" and asking "Why do you let them hit you?" This leads Fanboy to meeting Kyra, otherwise known as Goth Girl. The two of them begin a rather intense on-and-off friendship colored by their own issues and their feelings towards each other. Barry Lyga perfectly captures teen angst and ironic humor in this gritty portrayal of the life of a teenage geek. Fanboy's voice manages to be truly original and, at the same time, speaks to everyone who ever felt like a geek, even for a moment.

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Fanboy is having a bad year. He is a smart, introverted high school sophomore who is deeply into comics. At school, he gets picked on by bullies and jocks but retreats into his art-he is creating a graphic novel. His only friend has begun pulling away from him, and his relationship with his mother and stepfather (whom he calls the stepfascist) is strained more than usual since his mom has gotten pregnant. He meets Goth Girl at school, and their shared love of comics and mutual hatred of jocks causes them to bond. Although having another friend is good on one hand, it is bad on another: Goth Girl is a troubled young lady with a very dark side. This engaging first novel has good characterization with genuine voices-one can hear real teens in the dialogue. There is some odd plotting and some trouble with the pacing-Fanboy gets a migraine out of the blue and it goes away as soon as it has served its plot purpose-but the book is compulsively readable. Be warned that the ending is left open. Readers will wonder what will happen to Goth Girl. There is a positive feeling, but no solid resolutions-rather like life. The book captures the joys, the troubles, and the aloneness that one can and often does feel as an adolescent. Teens will gobble it up and wait eagerly for Lyga's next title.

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The plot contains the old has-been idea of a geek being picked on by seemingly athletic superiors, yet it takes on an amazingly fascinating and fresh vibe. Throughout the beginning and middle, the story is interesting and keeps the reader turning pages, but it is nothing compared to the slam-dunking, eye-opening, tear-jerking ending. A triumphant finale leaves readers wanting to read the novel again and again. It will be a sure hit among YA readers.

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It's hard to be a small, smart, geeky 15-year-old in a rural high school, and Don is bullied mercilessly. He carries a bullet in his pocket and dreams of escape, taking refuge in his love of comics and the graphic novel he's creating. He does his best to ignore his pregnant mother and her husband, the "step-fascist." Then he meets Goth girl Kyra, who smokes, drinks, drives too fast, and hates just about everyone, but she encourages Don to stand up for himself, and he learns to change his approach to the world. He cleverly teaches the boy who's been pummeling him a lesson, kisses the hot girl he's been lusting after, goes after his dream, and helps Kyra when she's in trouble. Dark at times yet often wryly funny, this is a penetrating and convincing look inside high school life.

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Gr 9 Up-On good days, Fanboy is invisible to the students at his high school. On bad ones, he's a target for bullying and violence. When a classmate is cruel to him, Fanboy adds him to "The List" and moves on. His only real friend, Cal, is a jock who can't be seen with him in public. Their love of comics, though, keeps them close friends outside of school. Reading comics and writing his own graphic novel, Schemata, are the only things that keep him sane. He dreams of showing his work to a famous author at a comic-book convention and being discovered as the next great graphic novelist. When Goth Girl Kyra IMs him with photos of him being beaten up, he's skeptical. Why does she care what happens to him? He learns, though, that she's as much an outsider as he is. The two form a tentative friendship based on hatred of their classmates, particularly jocks, and her interest in Schemata. Fanboy is a rule follower, but Kyra is a rebel with a foul mouth. She teaches him to stand up for himself, and gives him the confidence to do it. Lyga looks at how teens are pushed to their limits by society. Though he toys with such concepts as teen suicide and Columbine-like violence, the novel never turns tragic. His love of comics carries over into all three teen characters, breathing animation into a potentially sad but often funny story. This is a great bridge book for teens who already like graphic novels.-Stephanie L. Petruso, Anne Arundel County Public Library, Odenton, MD Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

Lyga has crafted credible protagonists in his first work of fiction about two misfit teens who forge a friendship. Donnie (aka Fanboy) is a comic-book aficionado, who lives with his newly remarried, pregnant mother and his "step-fascist." Rule-abiding and honest, Fanboy's goal in life is to meet writer and illustrator Brian Michael Bendis, to show him his own graphic novel. Unfortunately, Fanboy is tormented at school and has fantasies about school massacres; he finds comfort in his talisman, a single bullet. Enter Kyra (aka Goth Girl), who is confused and frustrated with Fanboy as she observes him refusing to stand up for himself. She reaches out to him, and the two quickly establish an uneasy albeit powerful relationship based on their mutual disdain for most of their peers and their love of comics. Although it seems likely that Goth Girl's recklessness and cynicism will have a detrimental effect on Fanboy, he begins to see her as vulnerable, and helping her gives him new purpose. Because it's authentic and well-written, teen readers will appreciate the complexities of these unique characters, and root for them to triumph. (Fiction. YA)$100,000 ad/promo

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780618916528
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date: 9/24/2007
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 320
Sales rank: 191,445
Age range: 14 - 17 Years
Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.25 (h) x 0.75 (d)

Meet the Author

Barry Lyga

Barry Lyga is a recovering comic book geek and the author of many books, including The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl, Goth Girl Rising, Boy Toy, and Hero-Type for HMH, Wolverine: Worst Day Ever for Marvel Books, and Archvillian for Scholastic. He has also written comic books about everything from sword-wielding nuns to alien revolutionaries. He worked as marketing manager at Diamond Comic Distributers for ten years. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.Visit Barry online at www.barrylyga.com.

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FANBOY - Chapter ONE

I want to not ride the bus to school every day, but that would be a waste of a really big want—it’ll take care of itself eventually. Until then, I put up with it, like today.
So what do I want? I want a copy of Giant-Size X-Men #1 in Mint condition.
I would settle for Near Mint, I guess, which would definitely be cheaper, but I’d really like to be able to say that my copy is pretty much perfect. On eBay, a Mint copy starts at at least eight hundred bucks, which is way more than I can afford, but maybe once I get my driver’s license, I can get a job after school and put together the money. Sounds crazy, I know—some ancient comic book from the 1970s. But it’s important.
I also want a new computer. Multiprocessor, maxed-out memory slots, wireless everything . . . When my parents got divorced, my mom got custody of me, and I got custody of the old Pentium clone that used to sit in the den at our old house. Thanks to the very best in Microsoft/Intel engineering, it crashes every time you exhale too hard in its general vicinity. It’s tough to accomplish the kinds of things I want to accomplish with that going on. I want Flash animation! Video editing! Heck, I just want to be able to use Photoshop or Illustrator for ten minutes without rebooting.
Thinking about a pristine Giant-Size X-Men #1 and a humming new computer usually gets me through the bus ride to school. Today’s an exception. Today, I don’t need to spin fantasies because a living, breathing fantasy has just gotten on board: Dina Jurgens, who manages to make climbing the steps to the bus look like something that crazy parents’ groups boycott.
It’s a good day when a goddess gets on the school bus with you. In my two years suffering as this particular school bus stutters over potholes and gravel, winding its way through the back roads of Brookdale, Dina has only ridden a handful of times.
She’s a senior, two years older than I am, but she looks like she could have stepped off a runway somewhere: blond hair, bright green eyes, soft and puffy lips, and a body that’s pure torture. There are plenty of hotties at South Brook High, but Dina’s a cut above and beyond. Of all the things I hate about South Brook, the fact that she’s graduating in a few months is at the top of the list. How am I supposed to go through junior and senior years without catching glimpses of her in the hall?
Dina checks out the seating situation, scanning the back seats, which are packed. The bus driver—a wheezing, leather-faced troll appropriately named Mr. Dull—closes the door and hits the gas, jerking Dina forward a little. She flips her hair out of her eyes, then rolls them at Mr. Dull’s temerity. She heads for the first empty seat, which happens to be, well, next to me.
I try to play it cool, but let’s be honest—that’s tough to do in the presence of a goddess. I go with my first instinct, which is to try to dip my hand into my pocket for the safety totem I keep there. I always feel calmer when I touch it.
But it’s awkward getting a hand into your pocket when you’re sitting down, doubly so when there’s someone right next to you. My elbow brushes her side, and she looks at me like I planned it. “Hey!” “Sorry,” I mumble. I feel like I should explain that I wasn’t trying to touch her, but she’s already looking away.
“What happened, Dina?” Sounds like Kayla Meyer. A junior, one who hasn’t gotten a car yet. One who apparently ranks as Worthy on the Dina Jurgens Scale because her older brother is Steve Meyer, who I think dated Dina’s older sister or something like that. I don’t know. I don’t really pay attention to stuff like that.
“My car wouldn’t start this morning.” “Bummer.” “Yeah, I told my dad that it has to be ready by the weekend because . . .” I tune it out and keep my head down so that no one will bother me. But being so close to Dina rattles me. I keep wanting to turn and stare, but even I know that that’s not cool. So I settle for cutting my eyes left as often as I can. I get flashes of skirt and leg and the shadow of what could be a breast, but I’m not sure and I don’t want to risk looking for longer than, like, a tenth of a second. So it’s sort of like dumping the pieces of a puzzle out on the floor, looking at them, and then trying to put it all together in your head. With your eyes closed. So close! So far!
It goes like that for a little while, the bus jerking and bouncing along, making Dina’s anatomy do very interesting things that she’s apparently unaware of (and of which I’m woefully underaware, given those quick glances). Dina talks with Kayla, the Usual Idiots yell and chatter, and Mr. Dull’s beloved country station blares out of the radio.
At somee point, I realize that I probably look like an idiot, my head bent down, doing nothing (apparently), staring down at my feet. I pretend to look for sooooomething in my backpack, but there’s just school stuff and comic books in there. And God knows I don’t want to pull out a comic book while Dina’s sitting next to me! I wish I had something—anything—else to read, something that didn’t scream “Geek!” at the top of its lungs and jump around in nerdly war paint. Like . . . I don’t know . . . Hot Rod?
When we screech to a tooth-grinding halt at the school, a sudden brilliant stroke hits me. Dina is sitting next to me. On the aisle. She’ll get up to leave and I’ll get up behind her. Behind her. From here to the exit, I’ll be right behind her, with an unobstructed view of The Back of Dina Jurgens. Not as splendid a sight as The Front, but not bad in its own right. Sweet.
So Dina gets up and I grab my backpack (watching her legs as I do so—wow), then get up and move to get behind her—And Mark Broderick pushes me back. “Move it.” He doesn’t even look at me as he does it. He’s a big senior with short bleached hair and a face like old hamburger. He dresses like Eminem, if Eminem weighed twenty pounds too much and couldn’t keep the sweat stains from spreading out under his armpits. This is the weirdest part—he smells like boiling leather. I’ve never been able to figure that part out.
Up until now, the only contact I’ve ever had with him was smelling that unique aroma as he walked past me on the bus. But right now I watch him as he struts up to the door behind Dina. A flood of bigger, meaner, and/or tougher kids fills the aisle, and I’m not about to step into that flood, so I just stand here and wait and watch Mark’s back and the buzzcut that clutches his scalp.
Now that I’m standing, it’s easy to slip my hand into my pocket. As usual, I feel immediate calm when I touch the bullet that I keep there. I started carrying it about a year ago.
Everything’s OK; I’ve added Mark to The List.

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Posted August 4, 2009

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Favorable: Insightful and will have you in a LOL! mood.
Once you bypass the "perverse" vernacular and enjoy the native language of Fanboy and Goth Girl, you should be laughing and engrossed in the storyline. How Fanboy and Goth Girl met was weird for Fanboy, yet he was delighted. One of Goth Girl's statements was, "Other people are just . there." . "If they aren't helping, they're just in the way. Weave around them, knock them over, do whatever you have to, but get past them." Another was, "Adults are idiots. They think they're in charge and they think they have some kind of authority, but you know what? They're idiots. They're just grown-up kids with more money who listen to *@*@*@ music and hate everyone younger than them because they know they've @*@*@*@ up their lives and they want another shot at it. But all of us, all of us kids think that adults are in charge, too. They've got us messed up, up here," this is adrenaline with attitude. If you want action, adventure, drama, & stimulating dialogue it's here.

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read this book you will not be disapointed!!

no one believes me that this book is good, but this book is great. its the type of book that makes you want to cry, get angry, laugh (i don't know how many times i laghed out loud). i would recomend this book to any one!!

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Posted May 13, 2012

Wow

Dude seriously this book is awesome!! Finished it in no time and loved it. Don't really know how anyone couldn't love it.
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Posted April 25, 2012

Alright

Would love to read more...
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Horrible. Gave me a headache...
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Posted May 15, 2011

wonderful

it is a very good read. it shows people what outsiders lives are like. i couldnt put it down
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LeeEnCasaMucho

Posted April 28, 2010

It looked interesting, maybe.....

I tend to cruise B&N for books to keep my daughter occupied, and found this gem for her. She exhaled it in about a day, and talked about the characters' 'real life' behaviors. Thanks to the author for a great story; she also enjoyed 'Goth Girl Rising".
Still looking for other books, though.....
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Posted October 26, 2008

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Barry Lyga explodes into the teen literature world with his unique debut novel. THE ASTONISHING ADVENTURES OF FANBOY AND GOTH GIRL is a novel about one young man's journey through confidence development.

Fanboy, a sophomore in high school, floats through life hoping to remain invisible since he has, more than once, fallen victim to bullies. His life is a lonely life. His parents have been divorced for six years, his mother is remarried and pregnant, visits with his father are becoming less frequent due to his father's increased social life, and he doesn't relate to his stepfather at all.

Fanboy has been compiling a list for quite some time. The list includes people that have "pissed" him off for no particular reason. Once you are on the list, you never get off. This includes the jock jerks and girls from the cliques that seem to dismiss him as if he has no business even attending school with them.

One bright spot in Fanboy's day is visiting with his friend Cal. Cal is a jock jerk, but also has a passion for comic books, and the two often debate, in depth, about different issues in the comic book universe. The problem with being friends with Cal is, since he is a jock jerk, he doesn't act like much of a friend at school. Fanboy knows to back off when Cal's teammates approach them at school. Most of their conversations take place on the weekends or at night through instant messages.

Fanboy's life begins to change when he receives an instant message from an unknown person. Fearing it is another trick to humiliate him, he doesn't respond. After several messages and an email, he learns that it is a girl from his gym class. Kyra has been witnessing his torment the entire year. She has taken pictures of a bully hitting him in the arm while the teachers do nothing. After this initial contact through instant messaging, they agree to meet and Fanboy's life will never be the same.

The biggest secret in Fanboy's life, which he hasn't even shared with Cal, is the graphic novel he is creating. Schemata takes up all of his free time and he can't stop himself from sharing it with Kyra. She becomes a huge supporter and inspiration for the graphic novel. Fanboy is planning to attend a comic book convention where Michael Bendis himself is going to be signing autographs. Fanboy intends to show Bendis his work and truly believes it will be the break he needs to get Schemata published. Surprising and disastrous events at the convention lead Fanboy to worry about Kyra's well-being. While things don't work out exactly as he plans, Fanboy realizes confidence is the key to his problems. After many uncharacteristic behaviors, he manages to come to terms with some of the issues in his life and makes plans for the future. He even takes someone off "the list."

THE ASTONISHING ADVENTURES OF FANBOY AND GOTH GIRL will be enjoyed by readers who enjoy teenage problem novels. Comic book fans will enjoy the graphic novel references, especially the cameo appearance by Michael Bendis. While the ending left me slightly unsatisfied, it didn't take away from my overall enjoyment of this novel. This will be a great addition to any collection.

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Posted June 8, 2008

Very Disappointing

This book was really disappointing and i really thought it was going to be a great book but it wasn't. I couldn't finish it.
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Anonymous

Posted February 29, 2008

Great Book

This incredible book tells about the sophomore year of a geek. His entire life has been full of bullies and getting picked on. But that all changes when he meets Kyra. From talking back to his mom to threatening a teacher, Kyra changes him completely. But he finds out a dark secret about Kyra. Barry Lyga's use of literary devices was incredible. For example, foreshadowing, when Fanboy lost his bullet and remembered Kyra asking for a bullet. Barry lyga gave clues, including the bullet, that Kyra was planning to kill herself. Simile was used well, too, when Kyra was crying she started yelling insult after insult and Fanboy said to himself 'it was like being slapped in the face over and over.' And the bullet was a symbol of protection to Fanboy and a symbol of a way out for Kyra. The whole book was pretty good but I think my favorite part was when Kyra broke down and started crying. That shows that you cannot just rely on yourself. You need to let people in. Even though the book is good, one part is kind of bad. It was the part where Fanboy got a migraine. It wasn't really all that bad, but it was kind of pointless. Barry Lyga didn't make the book awful by putting the migraine in it, but it really didn't make any sense to me to have it in there. Overall this book was one of the best books I have ever read. I would definitely recommend this to any teenager who is looking for a book they can relate to, or to any body that is just looking for a good book. I would definitely give this book five stars and I can¿t wait to see if Barry Lyga writes a sequel to this
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Anonymous

Posted December 24, 2007

Astonishing? I'd go with 'Amazing'!

I loved the characters in this book, and how accurate everything is! I'm a sophomore also, and I'm studying the exact things that were studied in the school in this book, like Emerson and Transcendentalists and Poe. I loved some of the lines in here, such as 'What else can I do? I'm fifteen, for God's sake. What else am I supposed to do?' and 'May God forever damn librarians and their need to help!' among others. An excellent read for all teenagers.
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Anonymous

Posted January 7, 2008

I hate comics, but love this book.

This is by far my favorite book. I thought I would hate it because I've never in my life picked up a comic book, yet alone could understand the references given. But, even with my lack of knowledge, the author was able to paint an amazing picture of life and its realities. I was able to relate with every character in a way that most books lack. I usually hate reading from a guy's perspective but every struggle he faces is something I can relate to. With a great ending to top it off, this book is one of the best for sure.
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Posted December 7, 2007

Excellent Book.

I pick this book up on a whim and it was a great choice.It intails great writing that makes you relate to fanboy. Almost everything that happens in the story is believable and sometimes that will make you cringe but all around a great book.
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Posted October 7, 2007

Fanboys Struggles are so true!!!

Fanboy goes thru a lot of what teenagers go thru everyday. kids around the age of 15 to 17 should read this book as an inspiration to walk thru daily life. Barry Lyga has done an excelent job on this book and is outstanding in the novels writen literature.
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i love this book it is great and keeps you intersted the only thing i didn't like was the ending i expected everything to be all happy between goth gitl and fanboy but was still great.
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Adrenaline & Attitude

read this book you will not be disapointed!!

Wow

Alright

:(

wonderful

It looked interesting, maybe.....

Reviewed by Karin Perry for TeensReadToo.com

Very Disappointing

Great Book

Astonishing? I'd go with 'Amazing'!

I hate comics, but love this book.

Excellent Book.

Fanboys Struggles are so true!!!

A reviewer