Pedro and Me
{{short description|2000 autobiographical graphic novel by Judd Winick}}
{{Infobox book
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Friendship, Loss and What I Learned
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| author = Judd Winick
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| country = United States
| language = English
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| genre = Autobiographical
| publisher = Henry Holt and Company/New York
| pub_date = September 2000
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| pages = 187
| isbn = 0-8050-6403-6
| dewey= 362.1/969792/0092 21
| congress= RC607.A26 W5726 2000
| oclc= 42429252
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Pedro and Me is an autobiographical graphic novel by Judd Winick regarding his friendship with AIDS educator Pedro Zamora after the two met while on the reality television series The Real World: San Francisco. It was published in September 2000.
Awards
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Pedro and Me won numerous awards such as:
- GLAAD Media Award for Best Comic Book
- Publishers Weekly Best Book (2000)
- Bay Area Book Reviewers Award for Best in Children's Literature (2000)
- Eisner Nomination for Best Original Graphic Novel (2000)
- Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award (2001)
- Notable Children's Book Selection, American Library Association (2001)
- American Library Association Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Roundtable Nonfiction Honor book
- YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers
- YALSA Notable Graphic Novels
- Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
- America's Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature Highly Recommended List (Award sponsored by the national Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs—CLASP)
References
- {{cite book
| last = Winick
| first = Judd
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| title = Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned
| publisher = Henry Holt and Company/New York
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| year = 2000
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| isbn = 0-8050-6403-6
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/pedromefriendshi00wini
}}
External links
{{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}}
- [http://www.rationalmagic.com/Comics/PedroAndMe.html Rational Magic review of book]
- [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/96801658723739.htm Comics Bulletin review of book]
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{{GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book}}
Category:2000 children's books
Category:2000s LGBTQ literature
Category:Autobiographical graphic novels
Category:Children's books about friendship
Category:Children's non-fiction books
Category:LGBTQ-related graphic novels
Category:LGBTQ-related children's novels
Category:The Real World (TV series)
Category:Henry Holt and Company books
Category:LGBTQ literature in the United States
Category:HIV/AIDS in literature
Category:2000 LGBTQ-related literary works
Category:Graphic novels about diseases and disorders
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