Almost American Girl: A Graphic Memoir: A Graphic Memoir
Almost American Girl: A Graphic Memoir: A Graphic Memoir
Robin Ha
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ISBN: 9780062685094
Publisher: Harperalley
Publication Date: 1/28/20
Binding: Paperback
Age Range: 13-
Grade Range: 08-UP
Series: ,
Pages:
Language: English
BISAC: Young Adult Nonfiction, Comics & Graphic Novels, Biography & Memoir, Social Topics, Emigration, Immigration & Refugees, Art, Cartooning, Biography & Autobiography, Women, Family, Parents, Activity Books, General, Drawing, Friendship, School & Education, and Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
Related Subjects: Comic books, strips, etc, Immigrants, Teenage girls, Cartoonists, Mothers and daughters, Emigration and immigration, Authorship, Korean Americans, Stepfamilies, Single mothers, Autobiographies, Graphic novels, Women immigrants, United States, Women cartoonists, Koreans, Women illustrators, Korean American families, Comics (Graphic works), Autobiographical comics, Nonfiction comics, and Ha, Robin
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Harvey Award Nominee, Best Children or Young Adult Book
A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life--perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo.
For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, wasn't always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together.
So when a vacation to visit friends in Huntsville, Alabama, unexpectedly becomes a permanent relocation--following her mother's announcement that she's getting married--Robin is devastated.
Overnight, her life changes. She is dropped into a new school where she doesn't understand the language and struggles to keep up. She is completely cut off from her friends in Seoul and has no access to her beloved comics. At home, she doesn't fit in with her new stepfamily, and worst of all, she is furious with the one person she is closest to--her mother.
Then one day Robin's mother enrolls her in a local comic drawing class, which opens the window to a future Robin could never have imagined.
This nonfiction graphic novel with four starred reviews is an excellent choice for teens and also accelerated tween readers, both for independent reading and units on immigration, memoirs, and the search for identity.