This One Summer

This One Summer is a coming of age novel about two girls who grew up going to the same summer cottage. This summer is a little different though because there is drama happening everywhere. The girls are starting to learn things about the world and their families that they were not allowed to know when they were younger.

The graphic novel follows two young girls, Rose and Windy but it is in Rose's prospective. Rose is back for the summer at the cottage and her neighbor is Windy and her mother. Rose and Windy start learning about new things that are happening around the area. Someone might be pregnant. Scary movies. The word slut. It is a growing experience for them both.

One of the main issues is that Rose's parents are fighting more and more on their trip. Rose knows that her mother has been trying for a baby but wasn't able to conceive so what should be the problem? Is that really why she's so upset?

Since you follow Rose's prospective, who is a young girl, you have a lot of gaps for the stories because she does not know everything. I really enjoyed her prospective because you got to see how she feels about everything that is happening in the family. Her thoughts fill the page and they are quite mature for the most part but she is still a young girl.

Windy is a very spunky and funny young girl. She is Rose's best friend at the cottage and they spend every summer together. This summer they start to experience new things and Windy seems kind of weirded out by them and doesn't care as much but stays interested for Rose. I really liked reading about Windy because she had so much spirt in her. Probably because of her mom.

Overall, this was a very cute graphic novel and it is full of lessons that a young reader would enjoy. It is a coming of age novel so there is a lot of growth in the novel. You see each character grow throughout the novel and they all seem better by the end. I quite enjoyed it and would recommend to anyone that would like a quick lovely story about two best friends.