Frizzy
A Graphic Novel
First Second · Print & ebook · October 18, 2022
New York Times-bestselling author Claribel A. Ortega and star debut artist Rose Bousamra's Frizzy is about Marlene, a young Dominican girl whose greatest enemy is the hair salon!
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- Who it’s for
- A warm, graphic-novel read with romance, identity, and a collector-friendly genre mix.
- Genres
- Hispanic & Latino Graphic Novels, Self-Esteem & Resilience, Growing Up
- Published
- First Second, October 18, 2022
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New York Times-bestselling author Claribel A. Ortega and star debut artist Rose Bousamra's Frizzy is about Marlene, a young Dominican girl whose greatest enemy is the hair salon! Through her struggles and triumphs, this heartwarming graphic novel shows the radical power of accepting yourself as you are, frizzy curls and all. Marlene loves three things: books, her cool Tía Ruby and hanging out with her best friend Camila.
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But according to her mother, Paola, the only thing she needs to focus on is school and "growing up." That means straightening her hair every weekend so she could have "presentable", "good hair". But Marlene hates being in the salon and doesn't understand why her curls are not considered pretty by those around her. With a few hiccups, a dash of embarrassment, and the much-needed help of Camila and Tia Ruby—she slowly starts a journey to learn to appreciate and proudly wear her curly hair. Also available in Spanish under the title Rizos.
Warm, Graphic, Personal
A warm, graphic-novel read with romance, identity, and a collector-friendly genre mix.
Come here for
- warm graphic-novel intimacy
- YA romance / LGBT / growing-up overlap
Expect
- sustained narrative flow
- fandom-adjacent appeal
Where it sits
| Hispanic & Latino Graphic Novels | 77% |
|---|---|
| Self-Esteem & Resilience | 73% |
| Growing Up | 40% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Hispanic & Latino Graphic Novels
- Multigenerational Families
- Self-Esteem & Resilience
- Authors
- Claribel A. Ortega, Rose Bousamra
- Publisher
- First Second
- Published
- October 18, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Hispanic & Latino Graphic Novels