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Map to the sun is a book about a young girl and her life experiences and how it is to go through life through all sorts of ups and downs. The story tells of the girls home life living with parents who are constantly fighting and moving as well as what it feels like to lose people that are close to you. I think that this book is a good read if you enjoy something heartfelt but also something easy to read. I would give this book an 8.5/10

Cartoonist Sloane Leong has mixed ancestry—Hawaiian, Chinese, Mexican, Native American & European—& she draws on that variety in creating the 5 main teens in this wonderful graphic novel. The girls each have drama at home, plus the usual body issues & school drama, but when they form a basketball team, they find friendships, rivalries & self-respect. Larger gender & social justice issues add extra depth. Glorious artwork in vivid colours. #comics

Boys‘ coach, using the gym when it‘s been booked for the girls‘ team practice, to the girls‘ coach: “Don‘t make this a thing, okay? I don‘t have time for little girls to take up the time of actual athletes-in-training.”
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The fauvist colours in this graphic novel make my art-loving heart sing. 😍

“I‘m gonna fart on your pillow a hundred times while you‘re gone!”

(Yep, that sounds like sibling dialogue!)

Here‘s my July #bookspin list of 20 it was hard to choose I have so many books I want to get to in July! @TheAromaofBooks

An exceptionally beautiful graphic novel about a basketball team and a group of teens each facing their own unique struggles. Heavy at times but ultimately uplifting in its story of friendship. The color-shifting illustrations are unlike anything I've ever seen and so gorgeous.

TW: self harm, parent death, drug use, inappropriate student teacher relationship, attempted sexual assault