{"product_id":"tomboy-a-graphic-memoir-9781936976553","title":"Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA memoir about friendship, gender, bullies, growth, punk rock, and the power of the perfect outfit . . . \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrowing up, Liz Prince wasn't a girly girl, but she wasn't exactly one of the guys either (as she learned when her little league baseball coach exiled her to the distant outfield). She was somewhere in between. But with the forces of middle school, high school, parents, friendship, and romance pulling her this way and that, the middle wasn't an easy place to be. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTomboy \u003c\/em\u003efollows award-winning author and artist Liz Prince through her early years and explores--with humor, honesty, and poignancy--what it means to be a girl. From staunchly refuting girliness to the point of misogyny, to discovering through the punk community that your identity is whatever you make of it, \u003cem\u003eTomboy\u003c\/em\u003e offers a sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking account of self-discovery in modern America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Liz Prince may have been an uncertain, confused kid, but she's a confident and sincerely expressive cartoonist. \u003cem\u003eTomboy \u003c\/em\u003eis a funny and relatable look at what every child has to deal with at some point -- figuring out who you really are inside, when everyone else only sees what they think you should be on the outside.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Jeffrey Brown, author of \u003cem\u003eClumsy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJedi Academy\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDarth Vader and Son\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Liz Prince portrays the awkwardness and humiliation of childhood with wonderful (not to mention painful) accuracy. Any kid that picks up this book is going to be privy to secrets most of us don't learn until it's too late, and any adult who reads it will be reminded of an essential truth: that it's okay to be exactly who we want to be, no matter how weird everyone else thinks we are. \u003cem\u003eTomboy \u003c\/em\u003eisn't a self help book, but it should be.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Julia Wertz, author of \u003cem\u003eDrinking at the Movies \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Infinite Wait\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"It's hard to imagine anyone failing to be charmed by this entertaining, clever, and genuinely funny memoir of growing up with gender identity confusion. Even this pretty unconfused regular old dude found plenty to identify with in Liz Prince's story of adolescent bafflement, exploration, and discovery -- delivered, like all the best such stories, with a light touch, wry wit, understated irony, and not one iota of preachiness. Meaning: I'm a fan. Go Liz!\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Frank Portman, author of \u003cem\u003eKing Dork \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Liz Prince tells gender norms to eat dirt. A delightful, thoughtful, and compulsively readable memoir. And an important one.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Ariel Schrag, author of \u003cem\u003eAdam \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003ePotential\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Liz Prince\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zest Books (Tm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.32h x 5.62w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936976553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e172616 \/ Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e IndieFab awards - Honorable Mention\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Independent Publisher Book Awards - Gold Medal Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiz Prince\u003c\/b\u003e has been a comic artist and a self-publisher since she was in high school in the mid-1990s. In 2005, her book \u003ci\u003eWill You Still Love Me If I Wet the Bed?\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Top Shelf Productions; it won an Ignatz Award for Outstanding Debut. \u003ci\u003eTomboy\u003c\/i\u003e is her first full-length graphic novel, a memoir about adolescence and gender stereotypes. She has published comics in numerous anthologies, drawn stories for the wildly popular Adventure Time series, and is a columnist for the punk magazine \u003ci\u003eRazorcake\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Zest Books (Tm)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39829009989747,"sku":"9781936976553","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_fdec1ec5-2a4a-4789-9d70-c56bfc69ed03.jpg?v=1644606197","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/tomboy-a-graphic-memoir-9781936976553","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}