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Tomboy: a graphic memoir

  • Annotation:
    • A memoir about adolescence and gender stereotypes. Liz Prince explores “what it means to be a girl” with humor and honesty and learns “to embrace her own views on gender as she comes of age”.
  • Creator:
  • Publication Information:
    • Zest Books, San Francisco, CA, 2014
  • Color or Black & White:
    • Black and White
  • Genres:
    • Autobiography/Memoir
    • Biography
  • Bibliography Available:
    • No
  • Original Language:
    • English
  • Historical Topic/Event:
    • Gender identity
  • Geographic Setting:
    • United States
  • Date Range:
    • 1986 - 2013
  • Awards:
    • Ignatz Award for Outstanding Debut
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Graphic History

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Funded in part by a Carnegie-Whitney Grant from the American Library Association.

Graphic History is a database of available/in-print graphic novels dealing with historical settings, events, or people. It is hosted by the University of Iowa Libraries.
Learn more at http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/graphichistory.

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