Big Apple Diaries (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781250774286)

In Big Apple Diaries, a heartfelt diary-style graphic memoir by Alyssa Bermudez, a young New Yorker doodles her way through middle school--until the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack leaves her wondering if she can ever be a kid again.

It's the year 2000 in New York City. For 12-year old Alyssa, a biracial Puerto Rican girl, this means all kinds of new challenges: splitting time between her dad's apartment in Manhattan and her mom's new place in Queens, navigating the ups and downs of middle school, harboring an epic crush on a new classmate, and figuring out how to be a "real" Puerto Rican. The only way to make sense of it all is to write and draw her thoughts and worries into her diary.

Then life abruptly changes on September 11, 2001. After the Twin Towers fall and so many lives are lost, her concerns about gossip, crushes, and fashion feel distant and insignificant. Alyssa must find a new sense of self and purpose amidst all of the chaos, and find strength to move forward with hope. This moving graphic memoir is based on Alyssa Bermudez's own middle school diaries.

Author: Alyssa Bermudez
ISBN-10: 1250774284
ISBN-13: 9781250774286
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Language: English
Published: 08/17/2021
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 8.03h x 5.59w x 0.87d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.4
Point Value: 3
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 513695 / Big Apple Diaries


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/21/2021
School Library Journal 07/01/2021 pg. 85
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2022 pg. 130