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Effie Bright’s life has been livestreamed since birth—every poop, every hate comment, every dollar earned. But when her dad’s scandal forces a move to a sleepy town with no Wi-Fi and zero influencers, she gets a chance to unplug. In the graphic novel Effie Is Offline, she uses a school project on Oscar Wilde’s Earnest to explore her double life: the performative online self versus the quiet offline one—with Algernon Moncrieff as a TikTok foodie stealing brand deals. It’s funny, poignant, and surprisingly wise about content creation as survival. Meanwhile, in Elle Kennedy’s Thornbird, teen Ryan Shipley hides her identity as daughter of a condemned serial killer while navigating romance and courtroom drama. Both stories tackle the weight of digital life—and what happens when you try to escape it.

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