Brownstone
(Graphic Novel)

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Average Rating
Author
Teer, Samuel,
Contributors
Julia, Marina, illustrator.
Forston, Ashanti, colorist.
Published
New York, NY : Versify, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024].
Appears on these lists
Books You Might Have Missed 2024: All Ages
Printz Award Winners
Status
Checked Out
3 copies, 8 people are on the wait list.
Where is it?

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatusDue Date
Central - Teen Graphic NovelsY/GRAPH TEERChecked OutApril 15, 2025
Cherrydale - Teen Graphic Novels - NEWY/GRAPH TEERChecked OutMarch 29, 2025
Courthouse - Teen Graphic NovelsY/GRAPH TEEROn Hold Shelf

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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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Published
New York, NY : Versify, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024].
Format
Graphic Novel
Physical Desc
315 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English

Notes

Description
In the summer of 1995, almost-fifteen-year-old Almudena is sent to live with her estranged Spanish-speaking father, and together they renovate a brownstone and build a relationship while Almudena navigates the Latin American side of her heritage for the first time.
Target Audience
Ages 14 and up. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Target Audience
Grades 10-12. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

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.

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