Dare to disappoint : growing up in Turkey / Özge Samancı.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Samancı, Özge, 1975- author, artist.

Contributor:

Immigrant and Refugee Experiences in Children's and Young Adult Literature Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Samancı, Özge, 1975---Juvenile literature.

Samancı, Özge.

Samancı, Özge, 1975---Comic books, strips, etc--Juvenile literature.

Samancı, Özge, 1975-.

Samancı, Özge, 1975-.

Artists--Turkey--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Artists.

Artists--Turkey--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc--Juvenile literature.

History.

Turkey--History--1960---Juvenile literature.

Turkey.

Turkey--History--1960---Comic books, strips, etc--Juvenile literature.

Genre:

Children's nonfiction.

Graphic novels.

Biographical comics.

Biographies.

Comics (Graphic works)

History.

Juvenile works.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

190 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.

Summary:

"As a child in Izmir, Turkey in the 1980 and 90s, Ozge Samanci watched as her country struggled between its traditional religious heritage and the new secular westernized world of brand-name products and television stars. In Ozge's own family, she struggled to figure out the place where she belonged, too. Her older sister was a perfect student, and her dad hoped Ozge would study hard, go to good schools, and become an engineer to find stability in their country's uncertain economic climate. But Ozge was a dreamer and wanted adventure. Could she be a scuba diver like Jacques Costeau? Or should she become a world-famous actress? This touching memoir shows how Ozge dared to overcome both her family and her country's expectations to find happiness by being an artist"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"Margaret Ferguson Books."

Middle East Book Award - Youth Literature, Winner, 2016

ISBN:

9780374316983

0374316988

OCLC:

1057603745