Nowhere Girl
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Nowhere Girl by Magali Le Huche
The story of a young Parisian girl lost in the gulf between childhood and adulthood, navigating depression... and discovering the Beatles."Le Huche deftly handles complex feelings about growing up in a soft visual style, similar to Reimena Yee's Séance Tea Party (2021)."
--Booklist
"...A a sumptuous feast for the eyes, especially when Magali's inner thoughts spill out onto the page...a tribute to the incomparable Fab Four through the lens of a childhood obsession."
--School Library Journal
This is the story of a girl growing up in the 1990s - a middle-schooler who finds herself developing paralyzing fears of failure, school, other people, and her own changing body. Along the way, she becomes obsessed with the Beatles... which might be just what she needs to find her way back to being okay. Yeah yeah yeah!
Le Huche's art is a sumptuous feast for the eyes, especially when Magali's inner thoughts spill out onto the page [] A tribute to the incomparable Fab Four through the lens of a childhood obsession. -- School Library Journal
Through the beautiful watercolor art, readers fall into Magali's dreams about the Beatles and will easily understand the chaos she feels going through early puberty. -- ALA Booklist
Nowhere Girl is about coming to terms with the person one is, and in Magali's case that confidence is prompted by finding something she's invested in and wants to learn about. Your heart will go out to the younger girl, and the presence of this graphic recollection proves this is no misery memoir with an unhappy ending. -- The Slings & Arrows Graphic Novel Guide
Through the beautiful watercolor art, readers fall into Magali's dreams about the Beatles and will easily understand the chaos she feels going through early puberty. -- ALA Booklist
Nowhere Girl is about coming to terms with the person one is, and in Magali's case that confidence is prompted by finding something she's invested in and wants to learn about. Your heart will go out to the younger girl, and the presence of this graphic recollection proves this is no misery memoir with an unhappy ending. -- The Slings & Arrows Graphic Novel Guide
Magali Le Huche studied decorative arts in Strasbourg, France, before she began illustrating children's books in Claude Lapointe's illustration program. Since then she has published more than 25 books and her work can be seen regularly in children's magazines. She lives in Paris, France.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781913123192 |
| ISBN 10 | 1913123197 |
| Title | Nowhere Girl |
| Author | Magali Le Huche |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Nobrow Ltd |
| Year published | 2022-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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