Book
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- EASTWOOD: Children's Collection
Big Apple diaries
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2021
Physical Description
281 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
Summary
"In Big Apple Diaries, a heartfelt diary-style graphic memoir by Alyssa Bermudez, a young New Yorker doodles her way through middle school--until the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack leaves her wondering if she can ever be a kid again. It's the year 2000 in New York City. For 12-year old Alyssa, this means splitting time between her Puerto Rican dad's apartment in Manhattan and her white mom's new place in Queens, navigating the trials and tribulations of middle school, and an epic crush on a new classmate. The only way to make sense of it all is to capture the highs and lows in doodles and hilarious comics in a diary. Then life abruptly changes on September 11, 2001. After the Twin Towers fall and so many lives are lost, worries about gossip and boys feel distant and insignificant. Alyssa must find a new sense of self and purpose amidst all of the chaos, and find the strength to move forward with hope"--
Notes
Chiefly illustrations.
Subjects
- Illustrators > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Illustrators > United States > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Racially mixed families > New York (State) > New York > Juvenile literature.
- Racially mixed families > New York (State) > New York > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Middle schools > New York (State) > New York > Juvenile literature.
- Middle schools > New York (State) > New York > Comic books, strips, etc.
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 > Juvenile literature.
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Bermudez, Alyssa > Juvenile literature.
- Bermudez, Alyssa > Comic books, strips, etc.