this one summer by mariko and jillian tamaki

They’re in the scary-movie stage - a near-universal young-teenage experience. The store also rents DVDs, and this summer Rose and her friend Windy are working their way through the horror shelf. There’s a vegan massage therapist, Pom juice and a mother in a Bikini Kill T-shirt there are renters, people with unlovely faces, and a town store that sells turkey jerky and gummy feet. But where McCloskey’s Buck’s Harbor was spare and quaint, Awago Beach’s vibe is progressive and scruffy. Jillian Tamaki, who illustrates the By the Book feature in The New York Times Book Review, uses shades of indigo that remind me of “One Morning in Maine” and draws Rose’s world as precisely as Robert McCloskey delineated Sal’s. Rose feels the tug whether she is recalling a long-ago day at the beach or simply performing a task for the first time in the season, like undoing the lock on the shed that holds the bikes. Tamaki understands the nostalgic power a summer tradition holds, even for a child. And though the story takes place in the present day, a quality of remembrance infuses it.

While “This One Summer” is not a memoir, Mariko Tamaki based the setting on the Canadian cottage community she went to growing up. Eagerly hand-selling it: This is a lovely book.

If I worked at a bookstore, I’d be hand-selling it to customers who adored Raina Telgemeier’s graphic memoir “Smile” but are now ready for more complex themes. “This One Summer” is a graphic novel for readers who appreciate the form, as well as for fans of traditionally told coming-of-age stories.

forever.” Or, more precisely, since Rose, who is now either an old tween or a young teenager (we don’t learn her exact age), was 5. This is Awago Beach, where Rose Wallace’s family has been coming “since. Cousins Mariko and Jillian Tamaki, the team behind Skim, have collaborated on this gorgeous, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful story about a girl on the cusp of childhood - a story of renewal and revelation.In the first frames of “This One Summer,” a graphic novel written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by her cousin Jillian Tamaki, a father carries his sleeping daughter down a driveway to a cottage in the dark. This One Summer is a tremendously exciting new teen graphic novel from two creators with true literary clout. It's a summer of secrets, and sorrow, and growing up, and it's a good thing Rose and Windy have each other. One of the local teens - just a couple of years older than Rose and Windy - is caught up in something bad. Rose's mom and dad won't stop fighting, and when Rose and Windy seek a distraction from the drama, they find themselves with a whole new set of problems. Rosie's friend Windy is always there, too, like the little sister she never had. Every summer, Rose goes with her mom and dad to a lake house in Awago Beach.

This one summer by mariko and jillian tamaki