Age 16
"A powerful coming-of-age graphic novel about three generations of mothers and daughters passing down and rebelling against standards of gender, race, beauty, size, and worth, for fans of Mariko Tamaki. Sixteen-year-old Roz is preoccupied with normal teenage stuff: navigating high school friendships...
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| Format: | Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto :
Annick Press,
2024.
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| Summary: | "A powerful coming-of-age graphic novel about three generations of mothers and daughters passing down and rebelling against standards of gender, race, beauty, size, and worth, for fans of Mariko Tamaki. Sixteen-year-old Roz is preoccupied with normal teenage stuff: navigating high school friendships, worrying about college, and figuring out what to wear to prom. When her estranged Por Por abruptly arrives for a seemingly indefinite visit, the already delicate relationship between Roz and her mother is upended. With three generations under one roof, conflicts inevitably arise and long suppressed family secrets rise to the surface. Told in alternating perspectives, Age 16 shifts seamlessly between time and place, exploring how this pivotal year in adolescence affects three women in the same family, from Guangdong in 1954 to Hong Kong in 1972, and Toronto in 2000. Award-winning creator of Living with Viola Rosena Fung pulls from her own family history in her YA debut to give us an emotional and poignant story about how every generation is affected by those that came before and affect those that come after."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 311 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm. Issued also in electronic formats. |
| ISBN: | 1773218336 9781773218335 1773218344 9781773218342 |
| Author Notes: | ROSENA FUNG is an illustrator and comic artist from Toronto, Ontario. Her work has been shortlisted for the Silver Birch Award, and her favorite things are reading, cats, and eating snacks. |
