![]() ![]() Author’s agent: Charlotte Sheedy, Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency. Theres just one problem: Laura Dean is maybe not the greatest girlfriend. ![]() This exploration of toxic relationships and social dynamics at the cusp of adulthood is, like its cast, sharp and dazzling. Mariko Tamaki with Rosemary Valero-OConnell (Illustrator) 304 pages first pub 2019 ( editions) fiction contemporary graphic novel lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced. Authors: Mariko Tamaki (Author), Rosemary Valero-OConnell (Illustrator) Summary: Laura Dean, the most popular girl in high school, was Frederica Rileys dream girl: charming, confident, and SO cute. A largely queer and physically and ethnically diverse cast inhabits this vision of teenage Berkeley, and the high school–specific mixture of self-possession and cluelessness with which Tamaki ( This One Summer) imbues them lends depth and individuation. Bold, clean lines and pink highlights characterize rich art by Valero-O’Connell (the Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy series) as panels breathily dense with the personal details of the characters’ lives morph to suit each meaningful scene. ![]() A medium tells Freddy to call the relationship quits, but she has no idea how to stop perpetuating her part of the cycle. But Freddy loves Laura Dean, and they’re soon back together-sort of-though Freddy’s relationship myopia renders her isolated and dismissive of her friends, all of whom are struggling with their own issues. ![]() Self-absorbed and careless, she breaks up with Frederica, 16, for the fourth time, via text message after being caught cheating at a school dance. ![]()
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