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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
ALL SUMMER LONG by Hope Larson is a @kidlitexchange #partner review —all opinions of this book are my own—
It’s a super fun coming-of-age about 13yo Bina who has the entirety of summer ahead of her. She’s all set to conquer her list of fun with her best friend Austin until summer takes a turn. Now Bina’s days are full of guitar playing, bad TV, and an unlikely friendship with Austin’s older sister. But when Austin comes home from camp acting super weird, the two of them enter a space of learning how to navigate growing up & changing friendships.
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I LOVED this story because it’s such an honest look at how friendships can change over the course of a summer. It feels real in the way that a realistic novel should, allowing younger readers to genuinely connect with characters. ALL SUMMER LONG is full of humor and good music—things middle graders will love during these long summer days.
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Perfect for musicians 🎶, those navigating friendships 🤷🏼♀️, & readers finding their way this summer 🔀!
It’s a super fun coming-of-age about 13yo Bina who has the entirety of summer ahead of her. She’s all set to conquer her list of fun with her best friend Austin until summer takes a turn. Now Bina’s days are full of guitar playing, bad TV, and an unlikely friendship with Austin’s older sister. But when Austin comes home from camp acting super weird, the two of them enter a space of learning how to navigate growing up & changing friendships.
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I LOVED this story because it’s such an honest look at how friendships can change over the course of a summer. It feels real in the way that a realistic novel should, allowing younger readers to genuinely connect with characters. ALL SUMMER LONG is full of humor and good music—things middle graders will love during these long summer days.
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Perfect for musicians 🎶, those navigating friendships 🤷🏼♀️, & readers finding their way this summer 🔀!
*I received this early DRC from netgalley and the publisher. This does not affect my review.*
I thought it was a cute story about a girl dealing with her first summer without her best friend around. Kinda figuring out who she is, and that it's okay to be different. Also really loved the girl/boy friendship.
I thought it was a cute story about a girl dealing with her first summer without her best friend around. Kinda figuring out who she is, and that it's okay to be different. Also really loved the girl/boy friendship.
Super fast and fun read about Bina's summer as she moves from tween to teen. I really wanted more at the end - I just loved Bina and wanted to follow more of her story. I hope Larson creates more in this series!
The slow, languorous weeks of summer unfurl here for rising eighth-grader Bina in warm, muted tones of orange, perfectly capturing the rhythms of the season. Larson's dialogue feels true, with enough snappy back and forth to be interesting but not so much as to seem artificial, and her simple line-work and use of varied perspectives--close and medium "shot" panels, eye-level and bird's-eye--pulls the reader through sequences of everyday life such as learning a new song on guitar, seeing one's first rock 'n' roll show, a bumpy first attempt at babysitting, and so on. This will feel familiar to anyone who's been thirteen during the summer--just about everyone, in other words--and yet uniquely fresh, given Larson's presentation of this winning character through whose eyes we experience her small Southern California town and the people who live there.
Hope Larson always writes great books. All Summer Long is the perfect summer read for teens. I enjoyed the art, which did a great job of expressing Bina’s feelings - boredom, loneliness, hope, awkwardness. I think that people who enjoyed Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson will love All Summer Long, too.
This was a great read that depicted friendships and how they change during the middle school years. I want to be Bina. Highly recommend!
spoiler alert: the guitar lives. other things happen, as they do in life, which sometimes happens drastically, and sometimes without us realizing it. Often, this occurs simultaneously. if the big but subtle is your thing, then this graphic novel is for you. Also, the art is really fitting. Hope you like the color orange.
Eh? Not bad, but doesn't stand out from the crowded metaphorical shelf of middle-grade coming-of-age graphic novels.