"Sometimes, upon waking, the residual dream can be more appealing that reality, and one is reluctant to give it up. For a while, you feel like a ghost -- Not fully materialized, and unable to manipulate your surroundings. Or else, it is the dream that haunts you. You wait with the promise of the next dream." 
 A beautiful coming of age story following Craig and his younger brother Phil as they learn their way through childhood into adulthood. Trigger warning for strong content including abuse, sexual assault, and bullying. A beautiful work both in narration and artwork that enraptured me from the start. 
 "I still believe in God; the teachings of Jesus even, but the rest of Christianity... its Bible, its churches, its dogma-- only sets up boundaries between people and cultures. It denies the beauty of being HUMAN, and it ignores all these GAPS that need to be filled in by the individual." 
 He also portrayed a lot of what I feel like is wrong with religion and Christianity today. Majority of this book is based around a strong christian family, church, christian beliefs, and church camp experiences.