Brownstone

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It’s always been just Almudena and her mother. But this summer, Almudena is being shipped off to stay with her father, Xavier, whom she’s never met before. She knows nothing about her father, and she has so many questions for him. Why did he leave them? Why didn’t he ever reach out to her? Will this be a disastrous summer for Almudena?

I liked this YA graphic novel, and I thought the story was interesting. I thought the father’s neighbors and friends were mean and rude to Almudena. They kept questioning why she didn’t speak Spanish even though she’s half Guatemalan. It’s not her fault she wasn’t taught Spanish. I liked how the story touched on so many issues, LGBTQ+, gentrification, immigrants, ethnicity, abandonment, and trauma.

It’s hard to comment on the art since this was an ARC, and there was no color which takes away from the story. There were a number of panels I couldn’t really figure out the details because they were just pencil sketches without shading and definition to the drawings. I recommend this YA graphic novel to anyone who likes stories about family and fitting in.


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Author Samuel Teer, Mar Julia
Star Count 4/5
Format Trade
Page Count 320 pages
Publisher HarperCollins
Publish Date 11-Jun-2024
ISBN 9780358394747
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Issue July 2024
Category Sequential Art
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