![]() 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. 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. Bibliographic Record Author, Tamaki, Mariko Illustrator, Tamaki, Jillian Mental Illness, Depression Publication Date, 2014 Publisher, Roaring Brook Press. 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. Jillian Tamaki is a cartoonist and illustrator from Calgary, Alberta, who now lives in. Mariko also writes about superheroes for Marvel and DC Comics. ![]() ![]() She is the co-creator with Jillian Tamaki of Skim and of Caldecott and Printz Honor book This One Summer. ![]() ![]() Yet Windy’s instincts are often sound, while Rose is led astray by an infatuation with a local convenience store clerk. Mariko Tamaki is a Canadian writer of comics and prose. 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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