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Established in 2007 by the Leatherby Libraries, the Community of Readers is the summer reading program for Chapman University. This program is open to everyone who has borrowing privileges at the Leatherby Libraries and a current library account, including students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Members select books from the Leatherby Libraries and receive prizes upon submission of their first review. The only requirement is that books must be obtained through the Leatherby Libraries.

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Monday, August 20, 2018

This One Summer

TitleThis One Summer
AuthorJillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki
Call NumberPN6727.T26 T55 2014
Location1st Floor Graphic Novel
RatingRecommended
Book ReviewThis is a very subdued and somewhat melancholy graphic novel about Rose, a preteen girl whose family always vacations at a lakeside cottage in Canada, where she meets up every summer with her friend Windy. This summer, though, things are different. Rose is paying more attention to her changing body, sex, and boys (which are still gross to Windy, who is a year-and-a-half younger). Rose’s parents are fighting and her mom is withdrawn due to an event that had happened the previous year. And both Rose and Windy become intrigued by another dramatic event involving the clerk at the general store avoiding his pregnant girlfriend. This book captures that pivotal time of almost-adolescence where one starts to notice the emotional lives of their elders, and is still halfway between forming one’s own opinions and just parroting what one hears while being confused by all of it. It’s a slow-moving story that captures the feeling of summer, while also being so brief a snippet of these characters’ lives that the reader doesn’t see dramatic character growth yet, just the seeds being planted.
Submitted ByKristin Laughtin-Dunker
Department or MajorLeatherby Libraries
StatusStaff
Chapman Emaillaughtin@chapman.edu

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