| Description |
225 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm |
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Age group Early Adolescents ericd |
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Ages 12 & up. |
| Contents |
God's grace (1957) -- Language barrier (1957) -- Piccolo Pucci (1957) -- Sans Souci (1957) -- Real-life Christmas (1957) -- Command performance (1958) -- The man in the gray suit (1958) -- Roman holiday (1958) -- Oma's miracle (1958) -- Two new friends (1958-59) -- A room of my own (1958-59) -- My worst enemy (1959) -- Camp (1960) -- A haircut like Jackie's (1960) -- Junior bridesmaid (1961-62) -- Bernadette (1962-63) -- Life goes on (1963-64) -- Never stand next to pretty girls (1964-65) -- The lucky one (1965) -- And that's the way it is (1965) -- Maybe dating isn't all it's cracked up to be (1966) -- Surprise party (1966-67) -- Life story (1967) |
| Summary |
"It's 1950s New York, and Marisabina Russo is being raised Catholic and attending a Catholic school that she loves--but when she finds out that she's Jewish by blood, and that her family members are Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, her childhood is thrown into turmoil. To make matters more complicated, her father is out of the picture, her mother is ambitious and demanding, and her older half-brothers have troubles, too. Following the author's young life into the tumultuous, liberating 1960s, this … graphic-novel memoir explores the childhood burdens of memory and guilt, and Marisabina's struggle and success in forming an identity entirely her own"--Provided by publisher. |
| Audience |
Ages 12 & up. |
| Subject |
Russo, Marisabina -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature.
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Russo, Marisabina -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature.
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Identity (Psychology) -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature.
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Authors, American -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature.
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Illustrators -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature.
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Jews -- New York (State) -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature.
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Families -- New York (State) -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature.
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New York (State) -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre |
Autobiographical comics.
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Nonfiction comics.
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Comics (Graphic works)
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Graphic novels.
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| ISBN |
9780374303839 (hardcover) |
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0374303835 (hardcover) |
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