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Stargazing
Contributor(s): Wang, Jen (Author), Wang, Jen (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 1250183871 ISBN-13: 9781250183873
Publisher: First Second

OUR PRICE: $19.54

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2019

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels - Animals
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Asian American

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2018944915

Age Level: 8-11

Grade Level: 3-6

Lexile Measure: 510

Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.8" W x 8.1" L (1.12 lbs) 224 pages

Themes:
- Topical - Friendship
- Ethnic Orientation - Asian
- Sex & Gender - Girl's Interest
- Cultural Region - Asian

Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 05/27/2019
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2019 pg. 130
School Library Journal 08/01/2019 pg. 74
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2019 pg. 64
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2019
Shelf Awareness 11/26/2019

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:

Stargazing is a heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel in the spirit of Real Friends and El Deafo, from New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Jen Wang.

A 2019 New York Public Library Best Books for Kids Selection
One of FORBES Best Graphic Novels of 2019
One of NPR's Best Books of 2019
Booklist 2019 Editors' Choice

Moon is everything Christine isn't. She's confident, impulsive, artistic . . . and though they both grew up in the same Chinese-American suburb, Moon is somehow unlike anyone Christine has ever known.

But after Moon moves in next door, these unlikely friends are soon best friends, sharing their favorite music videos and painting their toenails when Christine's strict parents aren't around. Moon even tells Christine her deepest secret: that she has visions, sometimes, of celestial beings who speak to her from the stars. Who reassure her that earth isn't where she really belongs.

Moon's visions have an all-too-earthly root, however, and soon Christine's best friend is in the hospital, fighting for her life. Can Christine be the friend Moon needs, now, when the sky is falling?

Jen Wang draws on her childhood to paint a deeply personal yet wholly relatable friendship story that's at turns joyful, heart-wrenching, and full of hope.

Contributor Bio(s): Wang, Jen: - Jen Wang is a cartoonist, author and illustrator living in Los Angeles. She is the author of The Prince and the Dressmaker, Koko Be Good, and co-author of the New York Times Bestselling graphic novel In Real Life with Cory Doctorow. Her work has also appeared in Los Angeles Magazine, The Believer, Hazlitt, Slate, and McSweeney's. She has also written for the Adventure Time and Lumberjanes comic series. She is the co-founder and organizer of the annual festival Comics Arts Los Angeles.

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