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GRAPHIC NOVEL
Author Ha, Robin, author, illustrator.

Title Almost American girl : an illustrated memoir / Robin Ha.

Publisher New York, N.Y. : Balzer + Bray/Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020].
©2020

Copies

ITEM LOC CALL # STATUS
 Bayfield adult/ya graphic novels  YA 741.5 HA    AVAILABLE
 DO NOT USE Grantsburg young adult graphic novel  GN HA    AVAILABLE
 Eagle River graphic novels  GN 921 HA    AVAILABLE
 Spooner juvenile graphic novel/manga  J HA (GRAPHIC NOVEL)    AVAILABLE
 Superior young adult graphic novels  YA GN Almost American Girl    AVAILABLE
Edition First edition.
Descript 227 pages, 7 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary "A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life--perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo. For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, wasn't always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together. So when a vacation to visit friends in Huntsville, Alabama, unexpectedly becomes a permanent relocation--following her mother's announcement that she's getting married--Robin is devastated. Overnight, her life changes. She is dropped into a new school where she doesn't understand the language and struggles to keep up. She is completely cut off from her friends in Seoul and has no access to her beloved comics. At home, she doesn't fit in with her new stepfamily, and worst of all, she is furious with the one person she is closest to--her mother. Then one day Robin's mother enrolls her in a local comic drawing class, which opens the window to a future Robin could never have imagined"--Amazon.com.
Subject Emigration and immigration -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Immigrants -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Mothers and daughters -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Single mothers -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Teenage girls -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Koreans -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Stepfamilies -- Comic books, strips, etc.
English language -- Study and teaching -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Korean American families -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Korean Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels -- Authorship -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Women illustrators -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Genre Graphic novels.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographical comics.
Nonfiction comics.
Comics (Graphic works)
ISBN/ISSN 9780062685100 (hardcover)
0062685104 (hardcover)
9780062685094 (paperback)
0062685090 (paperback)