Continental Drifter

For fans of Pie in the Sky and Be Prepared comes a charming and relatable graphic memoir from debut author Kathy Macleod.

With a Thai mother and an American father, Kathy lives in two different worlds. She spends most of the year in Bangkok, where she's secretly counting the days till summer vacation. That's when her family travels for 24 hours straight to finally arrive in a tiny seaside town in Maine.

Kathy loves Maine's idyllic beauty and all the exotic delicacies she can't get back home, like clam chowder and blueberry pie. But no matter how hard she tries, she struggles to fit in. She doesn't look like the other kids in this rural New England town. Kathy just wants to find a place where she truly belongs, but she's not sure if it's in America, Thailand...or anywhere.

ISBN-13: 9781250813749

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: First Second

Publication Date: 04-02-2024

Pages: 224

Product Dimensions: 8.50h x 6.00w x 1.00d

Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

Kathy MacLeod is a Thai-American cartoonist and illustrator. Her work has appeared in The Believer, Catapult, and BK Magazine. She's built a substantial audience with her diary comics on Instagram, alongside her freelance work for NGOs such as UNICEF, UNWomen, and USAID. She has a BFA in painting from Wesleyan University and currently lives in Berlin, Germany. Continental Drifter is her first book.