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9781454945840

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Alterations

Alterations is like the century egg Kevin eats: On the outside, it looks like a story about middle school drama, but once you bite in, you realize the family dynamics are the umami flavor you can’t ignore.

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Review of ‘Alterations’

Kevin Lee just wants space and time to draw comics. At home, if he’s not bickering with his sister, Betty, over their shared room, he needs to help their single mom at her alteration shop underneath their apartment. Plus, his grandmother has been staying with them for the last six months, and though Kevin loves…

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