![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fine characterization and sensitive prose distinguish the story, too-as when Rose remembers the wisdom a swimming teacher shared about holding his breath for minutes at a time: “He told me the secret was he would tell himself that he was actually breathing.” Ages 12–up. Cousins Mariko and Jillian Tamaki, the team behind Skim, have collaborated on this gorgeous, heartbreaking, and ultimately. This One Summer is a tremendously exciting new teen graphic novel from two creators with true literary clout. ![]() Printed entirely in somber blue ink, the illustrations powerfully evoke the densely wooded beach town setting and the emotional freight carried by characters at critical moments, including several confronting their womanhood in different and painful ways. Its a summer of secrets, and sorrow, and growing up, and its a good thing Rose and Windy have each other. Jillian Tamaki’s exceptionally graceful line is one of the strengths of this work from the cousin duo behind Skim. As Rose’s parents’ marriage founders and the taunts of local teens wake her to issues of social class, Rose veers between secret grief and fleeting pleasure in the rituals of summer. Yet Windy’s instincts are often sound, while Rose is led astray by an infatuation with a local convenience store clerk. Rose, a bit older, has knowledge and polish that tubby, still-childish Windy lacks, and Windy sometimes bores her. Rose and Windy, friends for two weeks every summer in nearby Ontario lake cottages, have hit early adolescence. ![]()
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