AbeBooks.com: Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir (557) by Thrash, Maggie and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Maggie Thrash spent every summer at Camp Bellflower, one of the oldest camps in the South, set deep in the mountains of Kentucky. Her graphic memoir, Honor Girl, takes readers to the summer of 2000, when 15-year-old Thrash fell in love with a female camp counselor named Erin.She attempts to escape—or maybe sort through new feelings—at the rifle range, but then it seems Erin may feel. Honor Girl, by Maggie Thrash, is the true story of a summer she spent at camp when she was fifteen. During this particular summer, she meets a female counselor and begins to have feelings for her. This is the first time she's had any feelings for a girl, and since Maggie's a.
Honor Girl, by Maggie Thrash
Thrash, Maggie, Honor Girl. Candlewick Press, hardcover, 2015. ISBN: 9780763673826
Plot Summary: Set in the late-1990's, fifteen-year-old Maggie Thrash has spent every summer at Camp Bellflower for Girls for as long as she can remember. An old-fashioned camp set in the backdrop of an isolated region of Appalachia, Camp Bellflower is where good southern girls go to revel in the last vestiges of their innocence, doing archery and canoeing and learning survival skills, all while isolated from their outside lives and the pressures they hold. But this summer, amidst the trading of the latest Harry Potter book and gossiping about which of the male camp employees is most attractive – or least creepy - Maggie finds herself dealing with something she never anticipated. When she falls in love with eighteen-year-old Erin, a camp counselor, Maggie becomes aware not only of her own sexuality, but also of the intolerance the world holds for people like her. Suddenly faced with homophobia from her fellow campers and counselors, Maggie finds herself dangerously close to becoming a pariah in a place that has been like a second home to her. But when things come to a head between her and Erin, Maggie must decide once and for all what matters most to her.
Reader's Annotation: When fifteen-year-old Maggie falls in love for the first time, she learns something about herself… and a lot about the world she lives in.
Critical Evaluation: Maggie Thrash's memoir uses a frame narrative in order to tell her story. The book starts with Maggie, several years older, meeting up with Erin during a family trip, after having neither seen nor heard from one another since they parted ways at Camp Bellflower, and ends in the same scene, neatly enveloping the story contained within the frame and lending it context and a sense of closure. Throughout the inside story, Thrash uses a flashback-style narration to overlay the visuals of the graphic novel, relating the basic idea of what is about to happen in any given scene or chapter before proceeding to tell the story within the comic.
The art in Honor Girl, also drawn by Thrash, lends to the story's youthful feel. It feels as though it is drawn by a tween or early-teen who has just begun dabbling in art, lacking fully in more proper artistic techniques such as shading or depth. Though this would usually be a drawback in a graphic novel, the artwork complements the story's innocent, self-unaware tone so well that it is barely noticeable from the very beginning. With it, Thrash manages to build a vivid microcosmic world that draws readers in and makes them feel as though they, too, are at Camp Bellflower.
About the Author: 'Maggie Thrash grew up in the south. She is the author of the young adult novel We Know It Was You published by Simon Pulse, and the graphic memoir, Honor Girl, published by Candlewick Press. Her short stories and non-fiction articles can be found on Rookie. Maggie Thrash is represented by Stephen Barr of Writers House.' (from http://maggiethrash.com)
Genre: Memoir, non-fiction, graphic novel
Curriculum Ties: N/A
Booktalk Ideas:
Honor Girl Book
AbeBooks.com: Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir (557) by Thrash, Maggie and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Maggie Thrash spent every summer at Camp Bellflower, one of the oldest camps in the South, set deep in the mountains of Kentucky. Her graphic memoir, Honor Girl, takes readers to the summer of 2000, when 15-year-old Thrash fell in love with a female camp counselor named Erin.She attempts to escape—or maybe sort through new feelings—at the rifle range, but then it seems Erin may feel. Honor Girl, by Maggie Thrash, is the true story of a summer she spent at camp when she was fifteen. During this particular summer, she meets a female counselor and begins to have feelings for her. This is the first time she's had any feelings for a girl, and since Maggie's a.
Honor Girl, by Maggie Thrash
Thrash, Maggie, Honor Girl. Candlewick Press, hardcover, 2015. ISBN: 9780763673826
Plot Summary: Set in the late-1990's, fifteen-year-old Maggie Thrash has spent every summer at Camp Bellflower for Girls for as long as she can remember. An old-fashioned camp set in the backdrop of an isolated region of Appalachia, Camp Bellflower is where good southern girls go to revel in the last vestiges of their innocence, doing archery and canoeing and learning survival skills, all while isolated from their outside lives and the pressures they hold. But this summer, amidst the trading of the latest Harry Potter book and gossiping about which of the male camp employees is most attractive – or least creepy - Maggie finds herself dealing with something she never anticipated. When she falls in love with eighteen-year-old Erin, a camp counselor, Maggie becomes aware not only of her own sexuality, but also of the intolerance the world holds for people like her. Suddenly faced with homophobia from her fellow campers and counselors, Maggie finds herself dangerously close to becoming a pariah in a place that has been like a second home to her. But when things come to a head between her and Erin, Maggie must decide once and for all what matters most to her.
Reader's Annotation: When fifteen-year-old Maggie falls in love for the first time, she learns something about herself… and a lot about the world she lives in.
Critical Evaluation: Maggie Thrash's memoir uses a frame narrative in order to tell her story. The book starts with Maggie, several years older, meeting up with Erin during a family trip, after having neither seen nor heard from one another since they parted ways at Camp Bellflower, and ends in the same scene, neatly enveloping the story contained within the frame and lending it context and a sense of closure. Throughout the inside story, Thrash uses a flashback-style narration to overlay the visuals of the graphic novel, relating the basic idea of what is about to happen in any given scene or chapter before proceeding to tell the story within the comic.
The art in Honor Girl, also drawn by Thrash, lends to the story's youthful feel. It feels as though it is drawn by a tween or early-teen who has just begun dabbling in art, lacking fully in more proper artistic techniques such as shading or depth. Though this would usually be a drawback in a graphic novel, the artwork complements the story's innocent, self-unaware tone so well that it is barely noticeable from the very beginning. With it, Thrash manages to build a vivid microcosmic world that draws readers in and makes them feel as though they, too, are at Camp Bellflower.
About the Author: 'Maggie Thrash grew up in the south. She is the author of the young adult novel We Know It Was You published by Simon Pulse, and the graphic memoir, Honor Girl, published by Candlewick Press. Her short stories and non-fiction articles can be found on Rookie. Maggie Thrash is represented by Stephen Barr of Writers House.' (from http://maggiethrash.com)
Genre: Memoir, non-fiction, graphic novel
Curriculum Ties: N/A
Booktalk Ideas:
Honor Girl Book
1. One of the things Maggie is told is that Camp Bellflower is the only place many of the girls have where they can still be innocent. How does this contrast with her relationship with Erin? Does it reinforce that idea, or destroy it?
2. Erin is several years older than Maggie. How does this affect the dynamic of their relationship?
Potential Challenges and Defense: Homosexuality, mild swearing
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Honor Girl Maggie Thrash Summary
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Honor Girl Maggie Thrash
. Be prepared to reconsider the book's place in the collection, if absolutely necessary. Though it may feel as though it goes against the library's commitment to intellectual freedom, and the ALA Bill of Rights, librarians do not always have time to thoroughly vet every piece of literature that makes its way into their collection, and sometimes patrons may catch a work that does, in fact, go against the library's collection policies.
Honor Girl Maggie Thrash Pdf
Reading/Interest Level: 13+
Honor Girl By Maggie Thrash
Reason for Inclusion: Graphic novel memoirs meant for teens, about being a teen, are few and far between. Maggie Thrash's memoir is relatable in its depictions of being a teen, and in discovering one's sexual orientation, while remaining true to its format and refraining from the common fallback of preaching from hindsight.
