Pub Date: March 5, 2019
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0000
Target Age Group: 08 to 11
Physical Info: 0.00" H x 0.00" L x 0.00" W ( 0.00 lbs) 210 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Comics and Graphic Novels | General | Sports and Recreation | Soccer | Social Themes | Friendship | Girls and Women | Diversity and Multicultural
Description: This powerful, raw, and beautifully honest middle-grade graphic novel looks into the lives of a diverse and defiantly independent group of kids learning to make room for themselves in the world.
Brief description: Cathy G. Johnson is a cartoonist and educator in Providence, Rhode Island. The Breakaways is her third graphic novel, after Gorgeous (2016) with Koyama Press and Jeremiah (2015) with One Percent Press. Cathy has also published shorter comics work with publishers such as Silver Sprocket and Youth in Decline. In addition to creating artwork, Cathy works as an educator in the New England area, serving many local communities within schools and community centers.
Review Quotes: "A down-to-earth friendship story for readers of Svetlana Chmakova's Awkward, Jennifer L. Holm's Sunny Side Up, and Raina Telgemeier's Drama." --School Library Journal