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Long Distance

illustrated by Whitney Gardner

Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Initial publish date
Jun 2021
Category
General, Friendship, Camping & Outdoor Activities
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781534455658
    Publish Date
    Jun 2021
    List Price
    $19.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781534455672
    Publish Date
    Jun 2021
    List Price
    $10.99 USD
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781534455665
    Publish Date
    Jun 2021
    List Price
    $29.99

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 10 to 18
  • Grade: 5 to 12
  • Reading age: 10 to 18

Description

From the creator of Fake Blood comes another exceptionally charming middle grade graphic novel about friendships both near and far, far away.

Vega’s summer vacation is not going well.

When her parents decide it’s time to pack up and leave her hometown of Portland, Oregon, behind for boring Seattle, Washington, Vega is more than upset—she’s downright miserable. Forced to leave her one and only best friend, Halley, behind, Vega is convinced she’ll never make another friend again.

To help her settle into her new life in Seattle, her parents send Vega off to summer camp to make new friends. Except Vega is determined to get her old life back. But when her cellphone unexpectedly calls it quits and things at camp start getting stranger and stranger, Vega has no choice but to team up with her bunkmates to figure out what’s going on!

About the author

Whitney Gardner is an author, illustrator, and cartoonist. She started drawing stick figures in second grade and somehow no one’s been able to stop her. If there’s ever a moment when she isn’t drawing, she’s likely to be found rolling twenty-sided dice. Her favorite color is yellow. She is the author of the YA novels You’re Welcome, Universe and Chaotic Good, as well as the creator of Fake Blood and Long Distance and the illustrator for Debbie Levy’s Becoming RBG and Stephanie Cooke’s The Racc Pack series.

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Editorial Reviews

"This delightful, oft-comedic graphic novel injects familiar themes with ample imagination, as Vega and campmates learn that 'Friendship is a renewable resource."

<I><B>Publishers Weekly</B></I>

"This recalls Gardner’s Fake Blood but with supernatural elements replaced by intergalactic ones, and the satisfying blend of relatable angst and kooky weirdness will make this a winner."

<I><B>Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books</B></I>

"A classic story of outsiders making friends—with a little something more."

<I><B>Kirkus</B></I>

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