A national bestseller, Derf Backderf's Alex Award winner My Friend Dahmer is the bone-chilling graphic novel that inspired the major motion picture starring Ross Lynch as Jeffrey Dahmer.

You only think you know this story. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer--the most notorious serial killer since Jack the Ripper--seared himself into the American consciousness. To the public, Dahmer was a monster who committed unthinkable atrocities. To Derf Backderf, "Jeff" was a much more complex figure: a high school friend with whom he had shared classrooms, hallways, and car rides.

In My Friend Dahmer, a haunting and original graphic novel, writer-artist Backderf creates a surprisingly sympathetic portrait of a disturbed young man struggling against the morbid urges emanating from the deep recesses of his psyche--a shy kid, a teenage alcoholic, and a goofball who never quite fit in with his classmates. With profound insight, what emerges is a Jeffrey Dahmer that few ever really knew, and one readers will never forget.

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Also available by Derf Backderf:
Trashed
Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio

Author: Derf Backderf
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 03/01/2012
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781419702167

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.6
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 157427 / My Friend Dahmer


Award: 2013 Alex Awards Winner - Adult/For Young Adults
Award: 2013 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens Recommended - Fourteen and Up
Award: Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers Nominee - Young Adult
Award: 2015 Virginia Readers Choice Award Nominee - High School


Review Citation(s):
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2012
Publishers Weekly 01/02/2012 pg. 65
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2012 pg. 2399
Foreword 02/29/2012
Booklist 03/15/2012 pg. 37
Library Journal 05/15/2012 pg. 65
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/05/2012 pg. 32

About the Author
Derf Backderf is the bestselling, award-winning author of My Friend Dahmer and Trashed. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.