As the Crow Flies
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Iron Circus Comics
Published:28th Dec '17
Should be back in stock very soon
Camp Three Peaks is a rustic, Christian summer retreat for teenage girls. It offers them a week of hiking, adventure, and communing with the God of its 19th-century founders . . . a God that doesn't traditionally number people like 13-year-old Charlie Lamonte among His (Her? Their? Its?) flock.
The only black camper in the group—and queer besides—she struggles to reconcile the innocent intent of the trip with the blinkered obliviousness of those determined to keep the Three Peaks tradition going. As the journey wears on and the rhetoric wears thin, Charlie can't help but poke holes in the pious disregard this storied sanctuary has for outsiders like herself—and her fellow camper, Sydney.
As the Crow Flies is a Stonewall Honor Book, and is the first volume in a series!
Heartfelt, stimulating, and sure to spark discussion about feminism's often less than inclusive attitudes toward marginalized groups. For all graphic novel collections. -- Mahnaz Dar * As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman | SLJ Review *
This book radiates love and melancholy in equal measure. * As the Crow Flies *
Gillman's lush, warm artwork, rendered entirely in colored pencil, brings the gorgeous scenery lovingly to life. The soft, luminous scenes of the mountains and nature emphasize the enormity of Charlie's undertaking, both spiritually and physically, and her interactions with the other people on the trip, from snickering over outdated concepts with Sydney to bringing up uncomfortable topics with adults, are nicely paced and expressive. -- Sarah Hunter * As the Crow Flies *
"As The Crow Flies" certainly isn't the only comic about summer camp, but it is one of the only ones that's honest about how much summer camp can suck, how much being a teenager usually sucks, and how much being from a group that's marginalized and forgotten only makes the teenager part suck more. It's a story that embraces the truth of how bad things can be without abandoning kindness, and that's something comics could use a lot more of. * As The Crow Flies examines marginalization and how much summer camp can suck in equal measure *
- Commended for Stonewall Book Award (Children/Young Adult) 2018
ISBN: 9781945820069
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
250 pages