Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki

One of FORBES Best Graphic Novels of 2019 On BCCB 2019 Blue Ribbons List

One of NPR’s Best Books of 2019Booklist 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.  

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Title:  Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me
Author:  Mariko Tamaki
ISBN:  9781630000000
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Genre:  Graphic Novel; YA Fiction (Young Adult); Romance; Award Winner
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Publication Date:  43592
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Publisher:  First Second
Language:  English
Format:  Paperback
Pages:  304
Rating:    Great
Notes:  This story is particularly compelling because it focuses on already being out, rather than coming-out, dealing with the difficulties of toxic relationships within queer youth
Book_ID:  102324