Honor Girl

Honor Girl
Author Maggie Thrash
Country United States
Language English
Genre Graphic novel, Memoir
Publisher Candlewick Press
Publication date
 September 8, 2015
Media type Print (hardback)
Pages 267 pages
ISBN 9780763673826
OCLC 900179959

Honor Girl is a graphic memoir written and illustrated by Maggie Thrash. The book was first published on September 8, 2015, through Candlewick Press.

Summary

Honor Girl is the story of writer's Maggie Thrash's first crush at an all-girls summer camp in Kentucky.

Reception and awards

The New York Times Book Review called the story "sweet and obsessive and dead on," and found that "Thrash shows an impressive grasp of the language of comics."[1] In its starred review, Kirkus called the book, "A luminescent memoir not to be missed."[2] Honor Girl also received starred reviews from School Library Journal,[3] Publishers Weekly[4] and was an official "Junior Library Guild Selection" for Fall 2015.[5] Honor Girl was a finalist for the 2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the Graphic Novel/ Comics category.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Maggie Thrash’s ‘Honor Girl’". The New York Times Book Review. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  2. ↑ "HONOR GIRL by Maggie Thrash". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ Dar, Mahnaz (June 2015). "Honor Girl". School Library Journal 61 (6).
  4. ↑ "Children's Book Review: Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir by Maggie Thrash.". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Junior Library Guild : Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir by Maggie Thrash". Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  6. ↑ "2016 L.A. Times Book Prize finalists announced". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 3, 2016.


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