This One Summer
by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
Early adolescence is a fluid and challenging period of awakening and discovery and... read more
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- 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
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Mariko Tamaki
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jillian Tamaki
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Mariko Tamaki “Writing with Voice in Comic Strips”
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teacher's Guide from Macmillan
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Teaching Ideas from Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
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Reading Group Guide from Macmillan
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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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