It upsets her, and causes her to argue with her mother. Rose, who knows her parents have been distant for about a year, is stunned to see that her parents not only actively argue, but that her father leaves to go home for a few days. This causes Rose and Windy to reflect on how they might turn out one day. Rose and Windy spend more and more time at Brewster’s, during which time they hear local teenagers cursing, using words like “slut”, and talking about sexual things such as blow jobs. As time passes, Rose’s crush on Duncan grows. As the girls begin to rent horror movies from Brewster’s, the lake town’s sole business, Rose quickly develops a crush on Duncan, a teenager who works there.īut not everything is so gentle. They talk about their summers, about how they both want to grow boobs, and about their adventures from past summers. They swim, cook out, go for walks, explore, collect pebbles, shells, glass, and other small items. Rose and Windy fall right into their normal summer routines with their families. The two girls are inseparable, doing everything together from swimming to exploring to watching horror movies. There, she has a best summer friend, Windy, who is a year and-a-half younger than Rose. Rose has spent summers at Lake Awago for as long as she can remember. When Jenny, Dunc’s girlfriend, claims to be pregnant, the girls realize that the teenagers are keeping just as many secrets as the adults in their lives.“This One Summer” is a young adult graphic novel by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki that follows young Rose Wallace as she navigates family difficulties, friendship, and local drama while on summer vacation at Lake Awago. While her family is falling to pieces, Rose focuses her attention on Dunc, a teenager working at the local corner store. Rose’s father leaves the cottage and returns to the city, and her mother becomes more and more withdrawn. Now Rose and Windy are spend a lot of their time renting scary movies and spying on the teenagers who work at the corner store, as well as learning stuff about sex no one mentioned in health class. Plus, being at the cottage isn’t just about going to the beach anymore. Sure, Rose’s dad is still making cheesy and embarrassing jokes, but her mother is acting like she doesn’t even want to be there. From the creators of Skim comes an investigation into the mysterious world of adults.
But this year is different, and they soon find themselves tangled in teen love and family crisis. Rose and Windy are summer friends whose families have visited Awago Beach for as long as they can remember.
This one summer - Mariko Tamaki | Jillian Tamaki - (320 pages, English, softcover, published by First Second)
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