Wandering son. Volume 1 / [Shimura Takako ; translation, Matt Thorn ; lettering, Paul Baresh, Ian Burns & Priscilla Miller].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shimura, Takako, 1973-

Contributor:

Thorn, Rachel.

Dhiren H. Shah W'82 and Katherine M. Shah Fund.

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Middle school students--Comic books, strips, etc--Fiction.

Middle school students.

Gender identity--Comic books, strips, etc--Fiction.

Gender identity.

Genre:

Graphic novels.

Young adult fiction.

Bildungsromans.

Comics (Graphic works)

Fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

202 pages, iv : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics ; London : Turnaround [distributor], [2011]

Language Note:

Translated from the Japanese.

Summary:

"The fifth grade. The threshold to puberty, and the beginning of the end of childhood innocence. Shuichi Nitori and his new friend Yoshino Takatsuki have happy homes, loving families, and are well-liked by their classmates. But they share a secret that further complicates a time of life that is awkward for anyone: Shuichi is a boy who wants to be a girl, and Yoshino is a girl who wants to be a boy"--Publisher's web site.

Notes:

Originally published ; Tokyo: Enterbrain, c2003.

Book reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dhiren H. Shah W'82 and Katherine M. Shah Fund.

ISBN:

9781606994160

1606994166

OCLC:

660546187