Full Product Details
Author: Dave Baker ,
Nicole Goux ,
Dave Baker ,
Nicole Goux
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.585kg
ISBN: 9781534469488
ISBN 10: 1534469486
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 04 July 2024
Recommended Age: From 14 to 99 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
* ""Paired with Baker and Goux’s snappy dialogue and expressive, visually varied characters, the group’s interpersonal challenges—including Brooke, Kelly, and Melissa’s love triangle, and Maggie’s struggles navigating loneliness—are deeply relatable and fully realized. While the creators delicately navigate heavy topics such as homophobia, mental health, and racism, this sincere graphic novel, set in 2005, is not without humor and hope."" * Publishers Weekly, Starred Review * ""Skillful, detailed art reminiscent of the girls’ beloved genre brings the cast to life through expressive body language as well as paneling that changes in scale and perspective. . . . This is a witty and absorbing examination of a community’s painful experiences with loneliness, queer romance, and strangely bewitching anime. An evocative, tender, character-driven coming-of-age story."" -- Kirkus Reviews While coming-of-age stories set in boarding schools are nothing new, this graphic novel grapples with the topics of identity, attraction, faith, and family with a modern sensibility. The black-and-white artwork, washed in shades of green, is quiet, capturing the moods of the girls, their worry, heartbreak, and moments of triumph in only a few lines. A fine example of a familiar trope. -- Booklist * 10/15/2022 *
* Paired with Baker and Goux's snappy dialogue and expressive, visually varied characters, the group's interpersonal challenges-including Brooke, Kelly, and Melissa's love triangle, and Maggie's struggles navigating loneliness-are deeply relatable and fully realized. While the creators delicately navigate heavy topics such as homophobia, mental health, and racism, this sincere graphic novel, set in 2005, is not without humor and hope. * Publishers Weekly, Starred Review * Skillful, detailed art reminiscent of the girls' beloved genre brings the cast to life through expressive body language as well as paneling that changes in scale and perspective. . . . This is a witty and absorbing examination of a community's painful experiences with loneliness, queer romance, and strangely bewitching anime. An evocative, tender, character-driven coming-of-age story. -- Kirkus Reviews
Author Information
Dave Baker (he/him) is an Eisner Award–nominated writer and illustrator. His works include F*ck Off Squad (Silver Sprocket), Star Trek Voyager: Seven’s Reckoning (IDW), Night Hunters (Floating World), and Everyone Is Tulip (Dark Horse), which was named on numerous “Ten Best Comics of 2021” Lists. Find more of his work at HeyDaveBaker.com or @xDaveBakerx. Nicole Goux (she/her) is an Eisner nominated illustrator and cartoonist from Los Angeles. She’s the artist of DC’s Shadow of the Batgirl and cocreator of Everyone Is Tulip at Dark Horse Comics and F*ck Off Squad at Silver Sprocket. She has been published by DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, and Boom! Studios. Her work often explores the themes of coming of age, interpersonal drama, and learning how to be a human. Visit her at NicoleGoux.com, on Twitter @NicoleGoux, or on Instagram @NGoux.
