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Big Apple diaries

By Bermudez, Alyssa, author, artist.

Genre Graphic novels.

Audience Youth 0-15 years

Published 2021 by Roaring Brook Press, New York

ISBN 9781250774279

Bib Id 2456877

Edition First edition.

Description 281 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm

"In Big Apple Diaries, a heartfelt diary-style graphic memoir by Alyssa Bermudez, a young New Yorker doodles her way through middle school--until the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack leaves her wondering if she can ever be a kid again. It's the year 2000 in New York City. For 12-year old Alyssa, this means splitting time between her Puerto Rican dad's apartment in Manhattan and her white mom's new place in Queens, navigating the trials and tribulations of middle school, and an epic crush on a new classmate. The only way to make sense of it all is to capture the highs and lows in doodles and hilarious comics in a diary. Then life abruptly changes on September 11, 2001. After the Twin Towers fall and so many lives are lost, worries about gossip and boys feel distant and insignificant. Alyssa must find a new sense of self and purpose amidst all of the chaos, and find the strength to move forward with hope"-- ...
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ISBN

9781250774279 (hardcover) $23.00

9781250774286 (pbk.)

1250774284

1250774276

Call #

J GRAPHIC B Bermudez

Author

Bermudez, Alyssa, author, artist.