This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The terrifying realities of adulthood are observed through the eyes of a young, often passive, protagonist whose pettiness, bitterness, envy, confusion, and self-involvement act as a filter to the trauma and pain of the women around her. The Tamaki cousins’ exploration of youth is compelling. Since its publication in 2014, the graphic novel has become a critically beloved member of the YA genre. Jillian and Mariko Tamaki’s This One Summer is a graphic novel that truly encapsulates the troubled, complicated world of adolescence its protagonist, Rose, is a girl around thirteen who spends her summers at her family’s cottage near Awago Beach, swimming, drinking “pop” (native New Yorker here, so calling it anything other than soda feels alien to me), and watching horror movies with her younger friend, Windy. ![]()
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