A Year Without Mom (Hardcover)

from villemezbrown

A memoir about a twelve-year-old girl that feels as if it were written and drawn by a twelve-year-old girl. Between the numerous pages devoted to her girlhood crush are a few references to the fact that she is living through the collapse of the Soviet Union. I might have let this dull and pointle...

from ElizaJane

First, let's start by saying this isn't a graphic novel. The pictures do not tell a story they only illustrate what the text has already told. It's either an illustrated chapter book or a picture book with a lot of text. I'm not particular in pigeonholing books but the publisher's write up on the...

from lissabeth21

Simple and sweet. There were some flashback moments for me as 12-year-old Dasha screamed that she would not move away from her home, but wanted to stay with her grandparents.

from Ireadthereforeiam

This illustrated book- and it is as much about the illustrations as it is about the words- is about the author's time spent in Russia while her mother studies overseas. She is left with her grandparents, and misses her mother but dutifully soldiers on through the trials of friendships, school, in...