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Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey
By SAMANCI, Özge
- ISBN
- 9780374316983
- Publisher
- Farrar Margaret Ferguson Bks.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Starred Review on February 1, 2016 | Middle to High School
Gr 6 Up—Samanci's graphic novel memoir is a humorous and moving portrayal of coming-of-age in Turkey in the turbulent 1980s. The story makes the political personal in ways that are perfectly accessible to young teens. Samanci's narrative is peppered with engaging details of her childhood experiences, including her relationships with her parents, uncle, and sister; the grueling educational system...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2015
With an inventively varied deployment of art, text, and design elements, this graphic memoir chronicles the coming of age of a girl and her country, Turkey. Ozge is starting school in the early 1980s as the book opens, just after the coup that would place the country under a military dictatorship. But don't look here for a tale of repression -- from the start, Ozge is sturdy and dramatic and impulsive, and a sharp if self-cent...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
This graphic memoir chronicles the coming of age of a girl and her country, Turkey. Özge is starting school in the early 1980s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
