Bottling up his grief and fear, he pastes a big smile on his face and makes a fresh start as the class clown. When horrific tragedy tears his family apart, he finds himself living in a ratty apartment with his newly sober mom and attending a new high school. Grade 7–10-Happyface is a shy, artistic sophomore, awkwardly coping with life from the sidelines.

You can find him at From School Library Journal: His first novel, Happyface, was published in March 2010. He also won a national contest for his comic strip series Steverino, which ran for several years in his local Connecticut newspaper. engaging and absolutely heartfelt tale.Stephen Emond is the creator of Emo Boy, which ran for twelve issues and two collections with Slave Labor Graphics. Poignantly real journal entries, e-mails and chat sessions allow readers to see into Happyface's world. Just like Happyface's writing, they can be whimsical, thoughtful, boyishly sarcastic, off-the-cuff, or achingly beautiful.- Publishers Weekly, starred review, 'Moving easily between cartoons and painterly black-and-white illustration, this epistolary novel of a young teen's reinvention of self is subtle and effective. engaging and absolutely heartfelt tale., 'Comic artist Emond ( Emo Boy ) pens an endearing and self-deprecatingly witty debut novel à la illustrated diary.The illustrations range from comics to more fleshed-out drawings.

Just like Happyface's writing, they can be whimsical, thoughtful, boyishly sarcastic, off-the-cuff, or achingly beautiful., 'Moving easily between cartoons and painterly black-and-white illustration, this epistolary novel of a young teen's reinvention of self is subtle and effective. Just like Happyface's writing, they can be whimsical, thoughtful, boyishly sarcastic, off-the-cuff, or achingly beautiful., 'Comic artist Emond (Emo Boy) pens an endearing and self-deprecatingly witty debut novel à la illustrated diary.The illustrations range from comics to more fleshed-out drawings. 'Comic artist Emond (Emo Boy) pens an endearing and self-deprecatingly witty debut novel la illustrated diary.The illustrations range from comics to more fleshed-out drawings.

Happyface by Stephen Emond