Honor Girl

Honor Girl is a graphic novel memoir written and illustrated by Maggie Thrash. The book was first published in 2015 through Candlewick Press.[1]

Honor Girl
AuthorMaggie Thrash
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreGraphic novel, memoir
PublisherCandlewick Press
Publication date
September 8, 2015
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages267 pages
ISBN9780763673826
OCLC900179959

Development and publication history

Thrash wrote Honor Girl over the span of two years.[2] While her previous experience was in writing prose rather than graphic novels, a roommate encouraged her to use the latter form for this particular story. Thrash was interested in the possibilities offered by depicting herself visually and began practicing drawing so that she could pursue the graphic format.[3]

Candlewick Press published Honor Girl on September 8, 2015.[4]

Synopsis

Honor Girl is the story of writer's Maggie Thrash's first crush at an all-girls summer camp in Kentucky in 2000.

Reception and awards

The New York Times Book Review called the story "sweet and obsessive and dead on," and found that "Thrash shows an impressive grasp of the language of comics."[5] In its starred review, Kirkus Reviews called the book a "luminescent memoir not to be missed."[6] Honor Girl also received starred reviews from School Library Journal,[7] Publishers Weekly[8] and Kirkus Reviews,[4] and was an official "Junior Library Guild Selection" for Fall 2015.[9] Honor Girl was a finalist for the 2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the Graphic Novel/Comics category.[10]

References
  1. Maggie Thrash (2015). Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir. Candlewick Press. ISBN 978-0-7636-7382-6.
  2. Bell, Amanda (September 7, 2015). "Maggie Thrash Explains How 'Honor Girl' Is Her Coming Out Story". MTV News. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  3. Dar, Mahnaz (August 27, 2015). ""Honor Girl" Graphic Novelist Maggie Thrash on Identity and Girls' Spaces". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  4. "HONOR GIRL A Graphic Memoir by Maggie Thrash". Kirkus Reviews. May 6, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  5. Brosgol, Vera (2015-08-21). "Maggie Thrash's 'Honor Girl'". The New York Times Book Review. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  6. "HONOR GIRL by Maggie Thrash". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  7. Dar, Mahnaz (June 2015). "Honor Girl". School Library Journal. 61 (6).
  8. "Children's Book Review: Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir by Maggie Thrash". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  9. "Junior Library Guild : Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir by Maggie Thrash". Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  10. "2016 L.A. Times Book Prize finalists announced". The Los Angeles Times. 2016-02-23. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
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