YA Graphic Novel: My Friend Jeffrey Dahmer by Derf Backderf

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In 1991, a nation was shocked by the sick and demented acts committed by the serial killer Jeffery Dahmer.  Many are still haunted by the first reports of what was discovered in Jeffery's apartment as the number of young men murdered continued to climb.
In 1991, Derf Backderf was a sitting at his office when his wife called and said, "I think a boy you went to school with in on the news." Within minutes of turning on the TV. Derf was looking at the face of a once boyhood friend, as he was being handcuffed and walked out of an apartment building and placed into a squad car.
My Friend Dahmer is a haunting tale of one man's memories of the notorious serial killer during their junior high and high school years. Follow Derf Backderf as he recants knowing Jeffery as the weird kid classmates didn't really notice and that teachers didn't really pay attention to.
Think you know the story? Read, My Friend Dahmer to see from a friend's point of view what helped to make a quiet geeky kid into one of America's most deprived serial killers.
National Bestseller
2013 ALA/YALSA Alex Award
20114 Revelation Award at Angouleme
2015 ALA/YALSA Alex Award ( Exellence in Narrative Nonfiction)

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Genre: Graphic Novels
Call # GN Bac
Backderf, D. (2012). My friend dahmer. New York. NY. Abrams Comic Arts.

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