Honor Girl
{{short description|2015 Graphic novel memoir by Maggie Thrash}}
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| author = Maggie Thrash
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| country = United States
| language = English
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| genre = Graphic novel, memoir
| publisher = Candlewick Press
| pub_date = September 8, 2015
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| media_type = Print (hardback)
| pages = 267 pages
| isbn = 9780763673826
| oclc = 900179959
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Honor Girl is a graphic novel memoir written and illustrated by Maggie Thrash. The book was first published in 2015 through Candlewick Press.{{cite book|author=Maggie Thrash|title=Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=slfXCwAAQBAJ|year=2015|publisher=Candlewick Press|isbn=978-0-7636-7382-6}}
Development and publication history
Thrash wrote Honor Girl over the span of two years.{{Cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2262523/maggie-thrash-interview/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908050941/http://www.mtv.com/news/2262523/maggie-thrash-interview/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 8, 2015|title=Maggie Thrash Explains How 'Honor Girl' Is Her Coming Out Story|last=Bell|first=Amanda|date=September 7, 2015|work=MTV News|access-date=2017-08-25|language=en}} While their previous experience was in writing prose rather than graphic novels, a roommate encouraged them to use the latter form for this particular story. Thrash was interested in the possibilities offered by depicting themself visually and began practising drawing so that they could pursue the graphic format.{{Cite news|url=http://www.slj.com/2015/08/interviews/honor-girl-graphic-novelist-maggie-thrash-on-identity-and-girls-spaces/|title="Honor Girl" Graphic Novelist Maggie Thrash on Identity and Girls' Spaces|last=Dar|first=Mahnaz|date=August 27, 2015|work=School Library Journal|access-date=2017-08-25|language=en-US}}
Candlewick Press published Honor Girl on September 8, 2015.{{Cite news|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/maggie-thrash/honor-girl/|title=HONOR GIRL A Graphic Memoir by Maggie Thrash|date=May 6, 2015|work=Kirkus Reviews|access-date=August 25, 2017}}
Synopsis
Honor Girl is the story of writer's Maggie Thrash's first crush at an all-girls summer camp in Kentucky in 2000.
Reception and awards
The New York Times Book Review called the story "sweet and obsessive and dead on," and found that "Thrash shows an impressive grasp of the language of comics."{{cite news|title=Maggie Thrash's 'Honor Girl'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/books/review/maggie-thrashs-honor-girl.html|work=The New York Times Book Review|accessdate=September 7, 2015|date=2015-08-21|last1=Brosgol|first1=Vera}} In its starred review, Kirkus Reviews called the book a "luminescent memoir not to be missed."{{cite web|title=HONOR GIRL by Maggie Thrash|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/maggie-thrash/honor-girl/|work=Kirkus Reviews|accessdate=September 7, 2015}} Honor Girl also received starred reviews from School Library Journal,{{cite journal
| last = Dar | first = Mahnaz | date = June 2015 | title = Honor Girl | journal = School Library Journal | volume = 61| issue = 6 }} Publishers Weekly{{cite web|title=Children's Book Review: Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir by Maggie Thrash.|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/9780763673826|work=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=September 8, 2015}} and Kirkus Reviews, and was an official "Junior Library Guild Selection" for Fall 2015.{{cite web|title=Junior Library Guild : Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir by Maggie Thrash|url=http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/books/view.dT/9780763673826|accessdate=September 8, 2015|archive-date=January 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106012148/http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/books/view.dT/9780763673826|url-status=dead}} Honor Girl was a finalist for the 2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the Graphic Novel/Comics category.{{cite web|title=2016 L.A. Times Book Prize finalists announced|url=http://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-la-times-book-prize-finalists-20160222-story.html|work=The Los Angeles Times|accessdate=March 3, 2016|date=2016-02-23}}
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Category:2015 LGBTQ-related literary works
Category:Autobiographical comics
Category:Autobiographical graphic novels
Category:Graphic novels about women
Category:Lesbian non-fiction books
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Category:Graphic novels set in the United States
Category:LGBTQ literature in the United States
Category:Graphic novels set in the 2000s
Category:Works set in Kentucky
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