This One Summer
by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
44 Total Resources 10 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Graphic Novel
- Cultural Area
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2014
Word Count 8,130
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 300L
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 164736
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Teenage girls--Comic books, strips, etc
- Summer--Comic books, strips, etc
- Young Adult Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Coming of Age
- Coming of age--Comic books, strips, etc
- Young Adult Graphic Novels
- Teenagers--Conduct of life--Comic books, strips, etc
- Young Adult Fiction | Girls & Women
- Interpersonal relations--Comic books, strips, etc
- Cartoons and comics
- Friendship--Comic books, strips, etc
- Adolescence--Comic books, strips, etc
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Love in adolescence--Comic books, strips, etc
- Vacations--Comic books, strips, etc
Our Original Resources 8
Meet-the-Author Recording with Mariko Tamaki about This One Summer
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Mariko Tamaki
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Jillian Tamaki
Created by TeachingBooks
TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Mariko Tamaki “Writing with Voice in Comic Strips”
Created by the TeachingBooks Blog
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
Created by TeachingBooks
About the Authors 6
Audio Name Pronunciation with Mariko Tamaki
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Jillian Tamaki
Created by TeachingBooks
Author Interviews 24
Meet-the-Author Recording with Mariko Tamaki
Created by TeachingBooks
TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Mariko Tamaki “Writing with Voice in Comic Strips”
Created by the TeachingBooks Blog
Interview with Mariko Tamaki
Created by Watch. Connect. Read.
Interview with Jillian Tamaki
Created by Watch. Connect. Read.
Interview with Jillian Tamaki
Created by Paste Magazine
Interview with Mariko Tamaki
Created by Paste Magazine
Interview with Mariko Tamaki
Created by San Francisco Public Library
Interview with Mariko Tamaki
Created by School Library Journal
Interview with Jillian Tamaki
Created by School Library Journal
Interview with Jillian Tamaki
Created by Publishers Weekly
Interview with Mariko Tamaki
Created by The Beat
Interview with Jillian Tamaki
Created by The Beat
Interview with Mariko Tamaki
Created by Comics Alliance
Interview with Jillian Tamaki
Created by Comics Alliance
Interview with Jillian Tamaki
Created by CBC
Interview with Mariko Tamaki
Created by CBC
Interview with Mariko Tamaki
Created by Women Write About Comics
Interview with Mariko Tamaki
Created by School Library Journal
Interview with Jillian Tamaki
Created by School Library Journal
Interview with Mariko Tamaki
Created by Toronto Public Library
Interview with Mariko Tamaki
Created by Mochi Magazine
Panel Discussion with Mariko Tamaki
Created by San Francisco Public Library
Interview with Mariko Tamaki
Created by San Francisco Public Library
Interview with Jillian Tamaki
Created by The Comics Journal
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Teacher's Guide from Macmillan
Created by Macmillan
Teaching Ideas from Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Created by Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Reading Group Guide from Macmillan
Created by Macmillan
Awards & Distinctions 10
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2021
Honor, 2015
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2021
Honor, 2015
Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2015
Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2021
Commended, 2015
Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Honor, 2015
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
Governor General's Awards for Young People’s Literature, 2000-2019
Illustrator Winner, 2014
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2014
Fanfare, 2001 - 2020
Selection, 2014
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Graphic Novels Selection, 2014
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