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From bestselling author Derf Backderf comes the untold story of the Kent State shootings--timed for the 50th anniversary On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard gunned down unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University. In a deadly barrage of 67 shots, 4 students were killed and 9 shot and wounded. It was the day America turned guns on its own children--a shocking event burned into our national memory. A few days prior, 10-year-old Derf Backderf saw those same Guardsmen patrolling his nearby hometown, sent in by the governor to crush a trucker strike. Using the journalism skills he employed on My Friend Dahmer and Trashed, Backderf has conducted extensive interviews and research to explore the lives of these four young people and the events of those four days in May, when the country seemed on the brink of tearing apart. Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio, which will be published in time for the 50th anniversary of the tragedy, is a moving and troubling story about the bitter price of dissent--as relevant today as it was in 1970.

The narrative centers on the tragic events of May 4, 1970, when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed students at Kent State University, resulting in four deaths and several injuries. This pivotal moment in American history highlights the violent clash between authority and youth during the Vietnam War protests. Derf Backderf, a 10-year-old witness from a nearby town, reflects on the tension and fear surrounding the guardsmen, who were initially deployed to quell a trucker strike, offering a unique perspective on this shocking incident.

The bone-chilling graphic novel that inspired the major motion picture starring Ross Lynch as Jeffrey Dahmer. NATIONAL BESTSELLER 2013 ALA/YALSA Alex Award 2014 Revelation Award at Angoul me 2015 ALA/YALSA Alex Award (Excellence in Narrative Nonfiction) Named a BEST OF 2012 by Time, The Village Voice, A.V. Club, comiXology, Boing Boing, Publishers Weekly, MTV Geek, and more You only think you know this story. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer--the most notorious serial killer since Jack the Ripper--seared himself into the American consciousness. To the public, Dahmer was a monster who committed unthinkable atrocities. To Derf Backderf, "Jeff" was a much more complex figure: a high school friend with whom he had shared classrooms, hallways, and car rides. In My Friend Dahmer, a haunting and original graphic novel, writer-artist Backderf creates a surprisingly sympathetic portrait of a disturbed young man struggling against the morbid urges emanating from the deep recesses of his psyche--a shy kid, a teenage alcoholic, and a goofball who never quite fit in with his classmates. With profound insight, what emerges is a Jeffrey Dahmer that few ever really knew, and one readers will never forget. Also available by Derf Backderf, Trashed. Find teaching guides for My Friend Dahmer and other titles at abramsbooks.com/resources.

You only think you know this story. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer-the most notorious serial killer since Jack the Ripper-seared himself into the American consciousness.

Every week we pile our garbage on the curb and it disappears--like magic! The reality is anything but, of course. Trashed, Derf Backderf's follow-up to the critically acclaimed, award-winning international bestseller My Friend Dahmer, is an ode to the crap job of all crap jobs--garbage collector. Anyone who has ever been trapped in a soul-sucking gig will relate to this tale. Trashed follows the raucous escapades of three 20-something friends as they clean the streets of pile after pile of stinking garbage, while battling annoying small-town bureaucrats, bizarre townfolk, sweltering summer heat, and frigid winter storms. Trashed is fiction, but is inspired by Derf's own experiences as a garbage­man. Interspersed are nonfiction pages that detail what our garbage is and where it goes. The answers will stun you. Hop on the garbage truck named Betty and ride along with Derf on a journey into the vast, secret world of garbage. Trashed is a hilarious, stomach-churning tale that will leave you laughing and wincing in disbelief.

In dieser Graphic-Novel-Biografie erzählt der preisgekrönte Cartoonist Derf Backderf von den Jugendjahren Jeffrey Dahmers – dem »Milwaukee Monster« und grauenerregendsten Serienkiller seit Jack the Ripper. Es sind nicht nur Jeffs Jugendjahre, sondern auch die von Backderf selbst, denn die beiden gingen zur selben High School und lebten in derselben Nachbarschaft. Das Porträt, das er zeichnet, ist überraschend: nicht das eines inhumanen Monsters bar jeder Emotion, sondern das eines missverstandenen und misshandelten Jungen, eines geborenen Außenseiters, der von seinen verbotenen Begierden zerfressen wird, während ihn die Erwachsenen in seinem Leben im Stich lassen. Dahmer tötete mindestens 17 Menschen. Seine Taten sind unbeschreiblich und unverzeihlich, aber Backderfs Annäherung an das Phänomen Jeffrey Dahmer ist vielleicht die persönlichste und beste, die vorstellbar ist.