GUTS TP CSAITM461753 Alliances are forged

Alliances are forged

and a Harvey Pekar-like way of just trying to stay alive in the face of despair

and This Is Our Pact

* Mike Hawthorne\'s mother is left alone to raise her son in New York City

GUTS TP CSAITM461753 Alliances are forgedA true story from Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award winning author of Smile, Sisters, Drama, and Ghosts! Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross out session. It soon becomes