Long Distance
$63.52
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2021
Summary
From the creator of Fake Blood comes another exceptionally charming middle grade graphic novel about friendships both near and far, far away.
Vega’s summer vacation is not going well.
When her parents decide it’s time to pack up and leave her hometown of Portland, Oregon, behind for boring Seattle, Washington, Vega is more than upset—she’s downright miserable. Forced to leave her one and only best friend, Halley, behind, Vega is convinced she’ll never…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781534455658 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1534455655 |
| Author: | Whitney Gardner |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2021 |
| Weight: | 721g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 178mm x 229mm |
| Audience Age: | 10 |
Critics Review
“This delightful, oft-comedic graphic novel injects familiar themes with ample imagination, as Vega and campmates learn that ‘Friendship is a renewable resource.” – Publishers Weekly
“A classic story of outsiders making friends—with a little something more.” – Kirkus
“This recalls Gardner’s Fake Blood but with supernatural elements replaced by intergalactic ones, and the satisfying blend of relatable angst and kooky weirdness will make this a winner.” – Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
Whitney Gardner
Whitney Gardner is an author, illustrator, and cartoonist. She started drawing stick figures in second grade and somehow no one’s been able to stop her. If there’s ever a moment when she isn’t drawing, she’s likely to be found rolling twenty-sided dice. Her favorite color is yellow. She is the author of the YA novels You’re Welcome, Universe and Chaotic Good, as well as the creator of Fake Blood, Long Distance, and Free Piano (Not Haunted) and the illustrator for Debbie Levy’s Becoming RBG and Stephanie Cooke’s The Racc Pack series.
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