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Annotated Bibliography for This One Summer
Doiron, Corine. “This One Summer by J. & M. Tamaki”. The Deakin Review of Children’s Literature, Vol. 4, no. 4, Apr. 2015.


 * This article details the major moments in the novel that occur that can be used for the plot summary section of the Wikipedia page. Along with this analysis, the article includes the reasoning behind the usage of the graphics and the color. I can use this for my genre/style section.

Gandhi, Lakshmi. “Graphic Novel 'This One Summer' Tops 2016 Most Challenged Book List.” NBCUniversal News Group, 28 Sept. 2017, www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/graphic-novel-one-summer-tops-2016-most-challenged-book-list-n805586.


 * This article includes information on why the article was critiqued as well as the awards it has won. There is also information included detailing the effect the novel has on other readers. I will include this information in the analysis, reception, and critique sections as well as direct quotes from the author that are included in the article.

Girasole, Sydney. "Graphic Novelist Mariko Tamaki Visits Penn State to Accept Lynd Ward Prize for Her Graphic Novel 'This One Summer'." University Wire, Oct 23, 2015. ProQuest, https://search.proquest.com/docview/1725404933?accountid=11091.


 * This article details the award author Mariko Tamaki earned with this novel, This One Summer. As well as a description of the award, the article also includes direct quotes from the author from her acceptance speech. Finally, the article includes an analysis of the novel and the impact it has on its readers. I plan to use this in an awards section as well as the analysis section of the Wikipedia page.

Jaffe, Meryl. “Using Graphic Novels in Education: This One Summer.” Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, 19 Feb. 2015, cbldf.org/2015/02/using-graphic-novels-in-education-this-one-summer/.


 * There is a lot of information in this article that I will use for my Wikipedia page including a plot summary, analysis of the themes and major points in the novel, the effect of the graphics, and reasons of concern. This article thoroughly analyzes major components in the article that will contribute to the analysis, plot, critique, and award sections.

Martinez, Pamela. "Check Out 'this One Summer' and Other Graphic Novels at A.K. Smiley Public Library." Redlands Daily Facts, Jul 15, 2017. ProQuest, https://search.proquest.com/docview/1919428513?accountid=11091.


 * This is a list of graphic novels that a public library recommends for readers, including This One Summer. It includes a reasoning about why it is important and beneficial for readers. I will include this short article in my analysis section and reception section as it is a positive view of the novel.

Packard, Abigail. "This One Summer," Children's Book and Media Review, vol. 39, iss. 10, article 89, 2018.


 * This review contains a plot analysis and summary that I will use in my summary section. While it does not contain the ending of the novel, it also includes an analysis of the novel and the impact it has on the reader and its effect on future graphic novels. This information will be included for my analysis and reception section. Finally, it also includes the effect of the graphics in the novel which I will also include in my analysis and genre/style sections.

"This One Summer' Award-Winning Novel Captures Summer Perfectly." University Wire, 26 Feb, 2018. ProQuest, https://search.proquest.com/docview/2008167881?accountid=11091.


 * This article is similar to previous sources in which it details the plot summary of the novel and the effects of important moments on the themes and points within the story. Through this analysis, the reader can understand the impact of specific scenes and characters. I will use this information in my plot summary and analysis section.

“Top Ten Most Challenged Books Lists”. American Library Association, 26 March 2013, http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10, Accessed 6 April 2020.


 * This website and source contains the lists of all banned books from before 1990 to 2018. The list details the literature that is banned as well as their reasoning for being banned. This website is important because it is the official corporation that compiles this list for future readers or educators to incorporate into their education. I will use this information for my critique and reception section to provide an unbiased viewpoint on the novel.

Wong, Kayi. “In Conversation with Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki.” Room Magazine: Literature, Art, and Feminism Since 1975, June 2015, roommagazine.com/interview/conversation-jillian-tamaki-mariko-tamaki.

This compelling interview provides first hand quotes from the author and illustrator to illuminate their reasons for writing the novel. Not only does the interview specifically ask about this graphic novel, This One Summer, but it also includes other novels and why the author wanted to begin a career in graphic novels. I will include this information in the background section.

Entire New Article with Proposed Changes for This One Summer
Key: New content and sections are in bold and pre-existing links are in blue.

This One Summer

Lead Section
This One Summer is a graphic novel written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki published by First Second Books in 2014. It is a coming-of-age story about two pre-teen friends, Rose and Windy, during a summer in Awago, a small beach town. Rose and Windy discover themselves and their sexuality while battling family dynamics and mental disabilities (Jaffe). Tamaki based the town of Awago on a Canadian cottage her family used to visit. Cousins Mariko and Jillian have worked together on previous novels and aim to have more equality and representation for minorities in their pieces of literature (Wong). The graphics in the novel are entirely purple-blue and powerful enough to place the readers in the specific scene (Jaffe). Many literary reviewers find this novel to be extremely impactful and essential for adolescents to read. Due to the content in the novel, This One Summer has also been censored and listed on the American Library Association’s “Top Ten Most Challenged Books” list in 2016 and 2018 for the use of its sexual scenes and mature topics (“Top”). The novel has also won numerous awards including the distinguished Caldecott Honor in 2015.

Background
The author of This One Summer, Mariko Tamaki, decided to begin her writing career when she was writing essays for Kiss Machine (Wong). While on tour, she met a woman making a short comic book series who inspired her to begin the novel, Skim (Wong). This novel was eventually selected by a young adult publisher and thus began Mariko’s profession as a young adult novelist (Wong). Throughout each of her pieces of literature, author and feminist Mariko Tamaki finds equity and representation important for her works as seen in Skim and (You) Set Me on Fire (Wong). Both of these novels contain Asian protagonists, which she found important because “there are diverse experiences of race” and she wanted other young Asians to grow up with more novels to read about young Asian girls rather than just Obasan (Wong). Mariko’s cousin and illustrator of This One Summer, Jillian Tamaki, has also worked on previous novels with her including Skim. Jillian Tamaki also understands the importance of diversity and setting a “positive example” of race and gender because it is “not [her] interest to do any of that pedantic stuff” (Wong).

Plot
Rose has been coming to a cottage in Awago every summer and meeting her summer friend, Windy, as long as she can remember. Rose is about eighteen months older than Windy and is the narrator of the story. This summer, they start to explore their interest in boys and pay attention to the emotional lives of adults around them. Most of the adults and teenagers in the village (and in their families) are a "rogues' gallery of sad and burnt-out would-be role models." This is emphasized as Rose also begins to realize her mother, Alice, is depressed following her miscarriages and infertility issues (Jaffe). One of the people Rose and Windy meet at Awago includes Jenny, a reluctant pregnant teenager (Jaffe). The novel concludes when Alice saves Jenny from drowning after Jenny drank too much and the two recount Alice’s similar miscarrage in a lake (Jaffe)

Genre/Style
This One Summer is a graphic novel with dark purple and purple blue images surrounding the dialogue. In a Room Magazine interview with illustrator Jillian Tamaki and author Mariko Tamaki, the cousins describe their process of making a graphic novel by explaining, “She writes out the dialogue like how a play would be, and I do a sketch of the whole book” (Wong). When asked about her choice of color, Jillian thought on a superficial level it looked cool but also seemed neutral while providing an emotional feeling in a different sensory reaction (Wong). Scholar Meryl Jaffe has praised the artwork in the novel and claims the art and story are perfectly juxtaposed to make the reader believe the characters are real while furthering the themes in the novel (Jaffe). Furthermore, Meryl Jaffe noted the illustrations of summer night skies and moonlight make breathtaking scenes while contrasted with less detailed characters (Jaffe). The illustrations in the novel also have the potential of having the reader feel the crunch of leaves and the heat of summer while viewing the illustrations (“This”).

Analysis
Many reviewers of the novel consider the impact of This One Summer to be inspirational as it begins a healthy conversation regarding growing up and one’s sexuality. One such reviewer and scholar, Meryl Jaffe states it is a “powerful resource and jumping point for healthy, open, non-threatening discussion about powerfully challenging life issues” (Jaffe). Author Mariko Tamaki believes the release of this novel allows for other young Asian Americans to grow up with other books to read including Asian protagonists (Wong). The novel indicates it is okay for one to be curious as a child while providing lessons of patience, self discovery, and compassion (“This”). Another reviewer claims educators and parents should aid the child reading the novel in order for them to grasp each theme and lesson (Packard). Corine Doiron, another scholar and reviewer, has stated this novel should be for high school audiences because they will identify with Rose and Windy while experiencing nostalgia when reading of their attempts to grow up (Doiron).

Reception
Jodi Chromey from Minnesota Reads called the art, which is done all in shades of blue, "gorgeous." The Horn Book Magazine states that Jillian Tamaki's "rigorously composed, kinetic drawings teem with psychological nuance and action." Kirkus Reviews wrote that "Jillian and Mariko skillfully portray the emotional ups and downs of a girl on the cusp of adolescence." According to The New York Times, the book is a graphic novel for fans of coming-of-age stories with more complex themes and is a lovely book. Susan Burkman, an interviewer from the New York Times, stated the novel was a “moving, evocative book” and “if I worked at a bookstore, I’d be hand-selling it to customers” (Wong). Reviewer Abigail Packard greatly enjoys the novel and firmly states, “This One Summer is a feat of graphic storytelling,” while praising cousins Mariko and Jillian Tamaki in creating a phenomenal story (Packard). Another reviewer, Pamela Martinez, recommends This One Summer as her first graphic novel choice for children despite its sad storyline (Martinez). However, some of the images and concepts in the novel have led to its subsequent censorship in education and libraries.

Subsection of Reception: Censorship
In 2016, libraries in Henning, Minnesota and Longwood, Florida removed This One Summer from their shelves after parents complained of the book's use of profanity and mature themes. After the incident in Florida in February, Mariko Tamaki said that the book is “listed as being for readers ranging 12–18,” and “contains depictions of young people talking about, and dealing with, adult things." However, she stated that she thinks it is an important book for young people. The removals from libraries have been challenged by the National Coalition Against Censorship. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund also challenged its removal in a K-12 library in Henning Minnesota and restored the book in the library with the disappointing conclusion of having it be accessed with parental permission for students in grades 10-12 (Jaffe).

This One Summer has been featured on the American Library Association 's "Top Ten Most Challenged Books" list in 2018 as the 7th most challenged book and 1st in 2016 “for profanity, sexual references, and certain illustrations” (“Top”). According to the ALA, the reasoning for banning include its use of “LGBT characters, drug use and profanity, and it was considered sexually explicit with mature themes'' (Gandhi).

In response to the criticism, author Mariko Tamaki stated, ‘“[T]here are people who are uncomfortable with any discussion of sexuality, who see this as inappropriate, maybe, for any age of young reader,” she said. “But really what expelling these books does is erase queer experiences, queer lives”’ (Gandhi). Another reviewer Meryl Jaffe identifies the issues regarding the profanity or sexuality within the novel but states they are appropriately developed and represent an accurate depiction of young teen life (Jaffe).

Awards
This One Summer won the 2015 Eisner Award for Best New Graphic Novel and the 2014 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel. It also won both a Printz Honor and a Caldecott Honor in 2015, making it the first graphic novel to be honored by a Caldecott committee and the second to receive the prestigious Printz Honor (Gandhi and Wong). Again in 2015, Tamaki also received the Lynd Ward Prize and became the first female to receive such an award from the Penn State Center for the Book (Girasole). The illustrator of the novel, Jillian Tamaki, won the Governor General’s Awards for both children’s text and illustration and the novel was also nominated for the Eisner Award (Wong).

evaluation for class feb 18
Evaluating content

- Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? everything was related and there was not any glaring outliers

- Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added? Identify content gaps. most of the sources were from 2014 which is relatively recent. this is a more recent controversial topic so these sources are relatively current. i am not identifying any content gaps so far as they present both sides. maybe more information in the introduction

- What else could be improved? the introduction is relatively short so this could be expanded

- Review the lead section. Does it follow Wikipedia’s guidelines to provide basic information

and summarizes the entire article? i think there needs to be edits to the intro as this is pretty short and it needs to add more on demographics and the opposing viewpoint of the government

Evaluating tone

- Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? There is a lot of information regarding the goal and history of the program which makes it seem like that it is bias towards the perspective of the program advocates. There is not as much information on the government POV.

- Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? I think the POV of the Arizona government is a little underrepresented. I wish there was more commentary and documents from the lawmakers themselves.

Evaluating sources

- Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article? yes and yes

- Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? For example, does the writer use signal phrases to clearly identify the source of the information? There does not seem to be any signal phrases to indicate the credibility of the sources but the sources are placed in appropriate places and most contains dates which also help.

Checking the talk page

- Now take a look at how others are talking about this article on the talk page.

- What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? There is discussion of gaps regarding the curriculum of the program as well as the reasons why the banned books were outlawed. Others also wished to include more citations with scholarly articles rather than the predominant sources from news sites.

- How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? We discussed this topic in class based on our own perspectives and the reasons behind each side but this article attempts to provide a more detailed perspective including many facts. I think they could have added more on the controversy as we discussed this much more in class.

Drama Evaluation: February 24, 2020

 * Lead Section:
 * the lead section includes a general background and plot of the novel. it also includes the reception of the novel. the only addition I would like to make would be that the lead section should include general information about each section
 * Background:
 * Does include the inspiration for the novel and why the author wrote it, but there is not indication when it was written. This seems to be very thorough but could also include a direct quote from the author to make this more credible.
 * Summary:
 * This seems to be very good and hit all of the requirements for the section. There is no drama and it also includes spoilers. It is all pretty informative and gave a good overall plot of the novel. There are only one direct quote from the novel which also makes this seem more like a summary.
 * Genre (or Style):
 * This seems to be more of a reception for the graphics within the novel. There is only one straight forward sentence informing the genre of the novel and then multiple paragraphs on the reception of the graphics and their inclusivity. There is no indication the author has written other graphic novels or that other authors have helped this author make the novel, Drama.
 * Analysis:
 * Publication:
 * Reception:
 * Others:
 * Infobox:

Drama Evaluation Pt. 2: February 26, 2020

 * Analysis:
 * there are three sections within the analysis section which is helpful to the reader to find the specific sections
 * Publication:
 * there is not publication section
 * Reception:
 * presents both sides and is concise in their remarks. there are quotes that are also included within the section
 * Others:
 * I think this section is very useful and helps give credibility to the novel. By showing the different accolades, the reader gets a sense of the public's reaction to the novel.
 * Inbox:
 * these sources are all included with the citations found within the article. they all seem to be accurate and published at recent times which makes the article more credible
 * Abate evaluation:
 * the inclusion of this argument and thorough. there are inclusions of direct quotes and points of view from the author within the article. I think one inclusion that could be made would be the Southern symbols that Abate thinks are promoting the Southern romanticism such as the cannon, magnolia leaves, and gazebo props along with their specific impact on Drama.