"Bad Kid (a Graphic Memoir)" is a poignant personal narrative that sheds light on the dark sides of the so-called "troubled teen industry." The author, Sofia Szamosi, recounts her experiences when, at the age of thirteen, she was taken against her will to a "therapeutic wilderness program." Her mother, concerned about Sofia's behavior, had enrolled her in a facility for "difficult teens," where Sofia did not find the healing she hoped for but instead became trapped in an unregulated system. Over the course of two years, she went through four different programs that stripped her of basic freedoms and strictly controlled her contact with the outside world. This graphic memoir is not only a critical examination of the reality faced by youths in such facilities but also a humorous and intimate coming-of-age story that powerfully portrays Sofia's challenges and struggles with her identity.