All Summer Long by Larson, Hope

*A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018 *

All Summer Long, a coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel about summer and friendships, written and illustrated by the Eisner Award-winning and New York Times-bestselling Hope Larson.

Thirteen-year-old Bina has a long summer ahead of her. She and her best friend, Austin, usually do everything together, but he's off to soccer camp for a month, and he's been acting kind of weird lately anyway. So it's up to Bina to see how much fun she can have on her own. At first it's a lot of guitar playing, boredom, and bad TV, but things look up when she finds an unlikely companion in Austin's older sister, who enjoys music just as much as Bina. But then Austin comes home from camp, and he's acting even weirder than when he left. How Bina and Austin rise above their growing pains and reestablish their friendship and respect for their differences makes for a touching and funny coming-of-age story.

Author: Hope Larson
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 05/01/2018
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.60w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780374310714
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.4
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 196103 / All Summer Long


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/15/2018 pg. 35
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2018
Publishers Weekly 03/05/2018
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2018 pg. 105
School Library Journal 05/01/2018 pg. 89
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2018 pg. 114
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 pg. 115 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Hope Larson adapted and illustrated A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel, which spent forty-four weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and for which she won an Eisner Award. She is also the author and illustrator of Salamander Dream, Gray Horses, Chiggers, and Mercury, and the author of Compass South and Knife's Edge, both illustrated by Rebecca Mock. She lives in Los Angeles.