ASH’S CABIN

First Second : ISBN: 9781250754059 : 320 pages, ages 14-18

Ash has always felt alone.

Adults ignore the climate crisis. Other kids Ash’s age are more interested in pop stars and popularity contests than in fighting for change. Even Ash’s family seems to be sleepwalking through life.

The only person who ever seemed to get Ash was their Grandpa Edwin. Before he died, he used to talk about building a secret cabin, deep in the California wilderness. Did he ever build it? What if it’s still there, waiting for him to come back…or for Ash to find it? To Ash, that maybe-mythical cabin is starting to feel like the perfect place for a fresh start and an escape from the miserable feeling of alienation that haunts their daily life.

But making the wilds your home isn’t easy. And as much as Ash wants to be alone…can they really be happy alone? Can they survive alone?

From New York Times–bestselling author and illustrator Jen Wang comes a singularly affecting story about self-discovery, self-reliance, and the choice to live when it feels like you have no place in the world.

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PRAISE FOR ASH’S CABIN:

 

“Ash’s Cabin is a beautiful book. Jen Wang does amazing work in deftly contrasting Ash’s interior journey in their relationship with a hostile external world. It’s a gorgeous meditation on fear, loneliness, and building a place to feel at home in your own heart.”
—Trung Le Nguyen, creator of The Magic Fish

“Heart-wrenching and powerful, Ash’s Cabin sucked me in and I couldn’t stop until I got to the end. Ash’s story couldn’t be more relevant today. I just loved it.”
—Tillie Walden, Award–winning creator of Spinning

“A fierce and tender story about the lengths you will go to connect in a way that matters, during a time in your life when those connections feel so hard. Timely, empathetic, and masterfully drawn, exactly what Jen Wang has always excelled at.”
—Kate Beaton, award-winning creator of Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

"Wang’s emotive, empathic illustrations elevate an already impactful narrative into a stupendous visual masterpiece, with and without panels, swathed in daytime California golds and chillier nighttime blues. Perfection—literary and artistic—awaits here."
—booklist