Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781250312846)

One of FORBES Best Graphic Novels of 2019
On BCCB 2019 Blue Ribbons List
One of NPR's Best Books of 2019
Booklist 2019 Editors' Choice
One of Bitch Media's Best Queer YA Novels of 2019

Author Mariko Tamaki and illustrator Rosemary Valero-O'Connell bring to life a sweet and spirited tale of young love in Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, a graphic novel that asks us to consider what happens when we ditch the toxic relationships we crave to embrace the healthy ones we need.

Laura Dean, the most popular girl in high school, was Frederica Riley's dream girl: charming, confident, and SO cute. There's just one problem: Laura Dean is maybe not the greatest girlfriend.

Reeling from her latest break up, Freddy's best friend, Doodle, introduces her to the Seek-Her, a mysterious medium, who leaves Freddy some cryptic parting words: break up with her. But Laura Dean keeps coming back, and as their relationship spirals further out of her control, Freddy has to wonder if it's really Laura Dean that's the problem. Maybe it's Freddy, who is rapidly losing her friends, including Doodle, who needs her now more than ever.

Fortunately for Freddy, there are new friends, and the insight of advice columnists like Anna Vice to help her through being a teenager in love.

Author: Mariko Tamaki
ISBN-10: 1250312841
ISBN-13: 9781250312846
Publisher: First Second
Language: English
Published: 05/07/2019
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.64lbs
Size: 8.60h x 6.30w x 1.10d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.5
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 507004 / Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

Award: Michael L. Printz Award - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/04/2019
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2019 - Book Of Special Distinction
School Library Journal 05/01/2019 pg. 107
Shelf Awareness 05/17/2019
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2019 pg. 138
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style