This One Summer

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Mariko Tamaki

A New York Times bestsellerA 2015 Caldecott Honor BookA 2015 Michael L. Printz Honor BookAn Eisner Award WinnerRose is always excited for summer. It means the lake house with her parents, but most importantly, it means she gets to spend the summer with her best friend Windy. This year, though - it's different. Rose’s parents won’t stop fighting and when she and Windy look for distractions, they find a whole new world. It’s full of local teens–just a few years older than they are – and one of them is caught up in something very bad and very secret. Rose and Windy have to navigate the confusion, heartbreak, and hope that comes with being right on the edge of growing up. In This One Summer, the Tamaki cousins weave a coming-of-age tale of girlhood, friendship, and nostalgia-for-right-now that has changed the landscape of graphic novels.

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Author

Mariko Tamaki

Pages

317

Publisher

Macmillan

Published Date

2014-05-06

ISBN

159643774X 9781596437746

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"I feel like it was very anticlimactic at the end. Though it hits some very hard topics of miscarriage and unwanted pregnancy. It's interesting to experience it through the eyes of a thirteen year old girl. I really feel for Rose and her parents fighting. I feel for her mum and her depression. Rose said something about you're always feeling sad all the time and you want us to be sad. It really hit me because I wonder if people see me like that because of my depression. "

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Johanna Ghofulpo

"A pretty good book, definitely not for kids."

A.B

"Amazing 10/10 book! Totally need to read it again!"

Mia

"This book was AWESOME,I finished it in a days. It had lots of emotional dips. Very sad I finished it."

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Nicolette Acevedo

"Definitely a great book! A lot of words and descriptions u probably wouldn’t want ur young children reading, but is still a great book! "

River

"very interesting"