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This One Summer
This One Summer
Reviewed by: Jill O'Connor - North Yarmouth Academy, Yarmouth, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: September 6, 2014
Review
A coming-of-age story that perfectly captures the time in a young girl's life when she is leaving childhood behind and venturing into adulthood. Rose and her parents have been to Awago Beach since she was little and she looks forward to it. This summer she and her island friend Windy, who is a year-and-a-half younger, get caught up in the unfolding of a near-tragedy of some older teens. Rose realizes that her parents are in a rough spot, and that life is more complicated than riding your bike and digging holes in the sand. Beautifully drawn, this story is spot on - adolescence in all of its messy, heartbreaking, hopeful glory. Highly recommended.
Overall Book Score: excellent
About the Book
Author:
Tamaki, Jillian
Illustrator: Tamaki, Mariko
Illustration Quality: good
Publisher: First Second
Book Type: chapter book fiction
Genre: graphic novel
Audience: grades 10-12
Binding Type: trade edition
Binding Quality: good
ISBN: 9781596437746
Price: 17.99