Brownstone
(Graphic Novel)
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central - Teen Graphic Novels | Y/GRAPH TEER | Checked Out | April 15, 2025 |
| Cherrydale - Teen Graphic Novels - NEW | Y/GRAPH TEER | Checked Out | March 29, 2025 |
| Courthouse - Teen Graphic Novels | Y/GRAPH TEER | On Hold Shelf |
Description
WINNER OF THE PRINTZ AWARD
A Harvey Award Nominee!
An Indie Next List Selection!
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book!
A Publishers Weekly Best Book!
“Angsty. Awkward. With a scrappy heart of gold, Brownstone is a must-read for anyone who’s ever felt totally out of place.” —Gabby Rivera, bestselling author of Juliet Takes a Breath
An exciting teen coming-of-age epic from author Samuel Teer and debut graphic novel artist Mar Julia, Brownstone is a vivid, sweeping, ultimately hopeful story about navigating your heritage even when you feel like you don’t quite fit in.
Almudena has always wondered about the dad she never met.
Now, with her white mother headed on a once-in-a-lifetime trip without her, she’s left alone with her Guatemalan father for an entire summer. Xavier seems happy to see her, but he expects her to live in (and help fix up) his old, broken-down brownstone. And all along, she must navigate the language barrier of his rapid-fire Spanish—which she doesn’t speak.
As Almudena tries to adjust to this new reality, she gets to know the residents of Xavier’s Latin American neighborhood. Each member of the community has their own joys and heartbreaks as well as their own strong opinions on how this young Latina should talk, dress, and behave. Some can’t understand why she doesn’t know where she comes from. Others think she’s “not brown enough” to fit in.
But time is running out for Almudena and Xavier to get to know each other, and the key to their connection may ultimately lie in bringing all these different elements together. Fixing a broken building is one thing, but turning these stubborn individuals into a found family might take more than this one summer.
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Subjects
Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile fiction.
Coming-of-age comics.
Families -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Families -- Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction.
Gentrification -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Gentrification -- Juvenile fiction.
Graphic novels.
Guatemalan Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Guatemalan Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Hispanic Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Hispanic Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Historical comics.
Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Juvenile fiction.
Neighborhoods -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Neighborhoods -- Juvenile fiction.
Racially mixed people -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Racially mixed people -- Juvenile fiction.
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Citations
Teer, S., Julia, M., & Forston, A. (2024). Brownstone (First edition.). Versify, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Teer, Samuel, Marina, Julia and Ashanti, Forston. 2024. Brownstone. New York, NY: Versify, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Teer, Samuel, Marina, Julia and Ashanti, Forston. Brownstone New York, NY: Versify, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Teer, S., Julia, M. and Forston, A. (2024). Brownstone. First edn. New York, NY: Versify, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Teer, Samuel,, Marina Julia, and Ashanti Forston. Brownstone First edition., Versify, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024.