The Animators is Kayla Rae Whitaker’s debut novel, and it’s hard not to feel jealous that someone so young could create such a darkly complex but sometimes funny novel that often went places I didn’t expect.  It’s the story of Mel Vaught and Sharon Kisses, who meet as scholarship kids their first week at a pricey liberal arts college in upstate New York and bond over their love of comics and animation as well as their working-class backgrounds. Narrated by Sharon, the story jumps quickly […]