this one summer by mariko tamaki illustrated by jillian tamaki

But that's what you do when you're young and impressionable, and an age group you don't yet understand acts up like that. It's at this point that their mums arrive back at the cottage and Rose is instantly mortified and ashamed to have been overheard regurgitating that word. Says Windy, acting out a big doolally wobble in front of Rose. He called his girlfriend a slut as a joke. He's lanky, quite kindly (he called our Rose blondie and she liked it!) but distracted by his friends who have a tendency to hang out there too. The store is manned by a local lad around eighteen-years old. It's perfect to have a playmate for summer.

Rose's outgoing dad drives them to Awago every year, waving embarrassingly to its youth as they arrive, while Windy's stooped grandmother hires a similar cottage for the three of them just down the road. It is not, however, without its tensions.Īwago is a remote coastal village so tiny it has only one store. I'm reminded very much of LOST GIRL by Nabiel Kanan who illustrated our website, though this is much gentler for Rose is a little younger. Windy's mum looks nothing like her - it's no secret that Windy's adopted.įrom the creators of SKIM, this is another of those heartfelt graphic novels perfect for Young Adults which will be relished and revered by those of us for whom family holidays are but a distant memory or seen from the other side of that vital generation gap. Rose's mum shares her shape but you can tell that she's a little worn down: she's wan, removing her glasses and rubbing her eyes. Windy subconsciously makes as much body contact as possible, although she is never clingy. Her friend-since-five Windy is still enjoying a little puppy fat but has even more energy, dancing out beats across her living room floor - you could say she likes to parade. Rose is lithe and light, standing up straight, at the crossroads between girl and young adult. Bathed in bilberry blues so beautiful that you could swim in them all summer, this is exquisitely drawn!

This one summer by mariko tamaki illustrated by jillian tamaki