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Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
From This One Summer co-creator Mariko Tamaki comes a hilarious and poignant story of teen heartbreak and friendship.
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Jillian Tamaki has an especially expressive, loose style that lends itself beautifully to this slightly morose tale.","OtherText_Review_19_Src":"Bust","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Metro","OtherText_Review_2":"...avoids all the cliches of a coming-of-age story...Original in every which way.","OtherText_Review_20":"This stunning coming-of-age novel will draw in not only GN buffs, who will appreciate the creative design and dramatic use of both illustration and narration, but also realistic-fiction fans who may not normally gravitate to the format but will find this a sympathetic standout.","OtherText_Review_20_Src":"Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books","OtherText_Review_21":"Writer Mariko Tamaki and artist Jillian Tamaki stunningly entwine their acute dialogues and visual riches in brush, soft pencil and grey tones, illuminating this adolescent romance in all its conflicted depths. [Skim is the] most sophisticated and sensitive North American graphic novel debut of the year.","OtherText_Review_21_Src":"Paul Gravett","OtherText_Review_22":"A quietly moving graphic novel...sharply witty and incisive...Long, languid lines portray Skim's turmoil and angst with pitch-perfect resonance...Recommend this to fans of Daniel Clowes's Ghost World, who have been waiting for another graphic novel of teen angst and suburban ennui.","OtherText_Review_22_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Valerie D'Orazio","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Friends of Lulu","OtherText_Review_3":"...intelligent choice...a sensitive and caring portrayal of youth...universal...a complete success...[Jillian's] storytelling is solid...[and] her art is very atmospheric...","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Gay Comics List","OtherText_Review_4":"...traverse[s] the turbulent landscape of high school with tenderness and a keen eye for the yearning of adolescent girls...From the particularities of slang to the bigger concepts like fear and isolation, Mariko and Jillian Tamaki capture the subtle details that comprise this understated part of life...a world [in] which anyone who has ever been a teenager would be able to relate to at some level...Jillian Tamaki's use of line and shadow is effective in rendering the psychology of characters and the moody spaces they find themselves in...Formally, Skim is interesting for its varied approach to panel-use. 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The little details are wonderful...Highly recommended for high school graphic novel colelctions, especially those catering to girls.","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Kliatt","OtherText_Review_7":"...rendered delicately...Mariko's writing is assured...Skim's self-searching entries are wrenched off or lit up by the next image...Skim comes into its own, building a teenage girl mood that's struggling observant and shyly heartfelt by turns.","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Vue Weekly","OtherText_Review_8":"[Skim] is a convincing chronicle of a teenage outsider who has enough sense to want to stay outside...All in all, Skim offers a startlingly clear and painful view into adolescence for those of us who possess it only as a distant memory. It's a story that deepens with successive rereadings. But what will teenagers think? 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This One Summer
A unique story of friendship from the creators of the award-winning graphic novel Skim.
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ages 12
to 17
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to 12
Suck It In and Smile
A funny, touching look at the life of a social media influencer who starts to question the #goals life she has created for herself.
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ages 13
to 17
/ grades 7
to 12
Future History 2050
Can a series of notebooks smuggled from the year 2050 change the past to save the future?
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Climate Change Revised Edition
This authoritative book addresses the key questions surrounding the important issue of climate change, featuring the most recent scientific findings.
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/ grades 8
and up
Ophelia
Two teenaged outsiders establish an uneasy truce in this visually arresting, one-of-a-kind collage-style novel.
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A stunning young adult novel about an iron-willed but endearing teenager who must fend for herself after the death of her mother.
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ages 13
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/ grades 8
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Focus. Click. Wind.
It’s 1968, and the Vietnam War has brought new urgency to the life of a seventeen-year-old aspiring photojournalist.
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ages 14
and up
/ grades 9
and up
My Body in Pieces
A deeply emotional graphic memoir of a young woman’s struggles with self-esteem and body image issues.
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With graceful prose and an encyclopedic knowledge of the period, Dennis Abrams invites readers to experience gender fluidity and sexuality through the fictional recollections of a fascinating historical figure as he reflects on his life in this “farewell” to his theatrical past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story follows John from the age of thirteen, when he leaves his family in Reading to join the King’s Men theater troupe in London as an apprentice boy actor. Over the course of the next few years, John eagerly hones the acting skills necessary to portray female roles. He memorizes lines, reads all the plays he can get his hands on, and works on imitating female gestures and mannerisms. He becomes a friend, and eventually a lover, of Alexander, a boy actor who is getting too old to play female roles. And he works closely with Shakespeare himself, who coaches him through the roles of Lady Macbeth and Cleopatra, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut around the time he turns sixteen, John starts to worry about inevitably becoming too old to convincingly portray women onstage, which leads to some unsettling choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003eliterary references\u003cbr \/\u003eauthor’s note\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3\u003cbr \/\u003eDescribe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6\u003cbr \/\u003eExplain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781773060224","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781773060224\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"7.5","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","KeyTextFeatures":"literary references;author's note","MetaKeywords":"coming of age; growing up; Shakespeare; gender identity; sexuality; boy actor; LGBTQ romance; Elizabethan England; leaving home; loneliness; acceptance; adaptability; dedication; pride; respect for self; first person narration; figurative language; symbolism; metaphors; simile; imagery; questioning; Common Core aligned; CC Literature Key Ideas and Details; CC Literature Craft and Structure; grade 6; historical fiction; fictional memoir; literary references; author's note","NumberOfPages":"192","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHEMES OF GENDER FLUIDITY\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThis book provides a fascinating portrait of a boy actor in Shakespeare’s time. Abrams’ depiction of John Rice is sympathetic and engaging, as John learns to play women’s roles on the stage, and also experiences a range of feelings about his own identity.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFOR FANS OF SHAKESPEARE \/ ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAbrams’ love of Shakespeare shines through in his descriptions of the plays and his inclusion of well-chosen excerpts. Lines from many of Shakespeare’s plays as well as songs and poems from other artists of the period are skilfully woven into the text, making the book a rich literary experience. It is also excellent historical fiction; Abrams delves into what they ate, how they dressed, etc. in Elizabethan England.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCURRICULUM CONNECTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eCurriculum connections include language arts (reading comprehension \/ literature studies), arts (drama \/ theater), and history (English Renaissance). Note: the novel includes a few graphic sexual descriptions.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003eI was Cleopatra.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was Lady Macbeth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was Cordelia in Master Shakespeare’s \u003cem\u003eThe Tragedy of King Lear\u003c\/em\u003e. And I was the Fool in the same play.…\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI was, for a time, an actor at the Globe Theatre in London where, before I entered my full adulthood and because of what some called my beauty — my physical qualities and appearance and demeanor — I was featured and praised for my performances in leading women’s roles, to both my shame and, I must confess, my pride.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was loved by boys and girls and by men and women. And I loved them in return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy name is John Rice.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Previous_review_q_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEW COPIES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eBooklist\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eHorn Book\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":". . . a poignant coming-of-age tale that explores the complexities of youth and gender performance. . . . A thought-provoking work that will encourage readers to learn more about the world of Elizabethan theater.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_1":"An impeccably researched and precisely told foray into the days of Shakespeare.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_2":"Abrams’s discussion of gender fluidity and sexuality are among the novel’s most intriguing aspects.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Publisher's Weekly","OtherText_Review_3":"In this fictional memoir of John Rice, an Elizabethan child actor, readers are given a glimpse into what life was like as he honed his stagecraft.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Literacy Daily","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"The provocative fictional memoir of a boy actor in Shakespearian London.","ProductFormDescription":"hardcover jacket","PublicationDate":"2018-04-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"The provocative fictional memoir of a boy actor in Shakespearian London.","Width":"5","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 12
and up
/ grades 7
and up
I Was Cleopatra
The provocative fictional memoir of a boy actor in Shakespearian London.