Mariko Tamaki's This One Summer

The graphic novel “This One Summer” by Mariko Tamaki displays a relevant modern-day manner of teenage conversations, dilemma, and emotions in the 21st century. The novel did an accurate illustration in presenting the modern-day concern, curiosity and interest of children and teenagers as one example on page 22, when Windy asked Rose “do you have a boyfriend?” it displays the curiosity of a child in their relative/friends love affair, which most teenagers are mainly concern of nowadays. Body image also takes part on the graphic novel as Windy and Rose talks about the size of their breast on page 35, and comparing it to other people as Windy shares the story “this girl in my dance class is ten and she’s like a D cup. Maybe a G.” The novel illustrates some of the concerns a modern teenager might have, which can be relatable to most young teenage readers as they share the same concern or discussions they have with their friends. The dialogues and conversations that is shown in the book are very vulgar as one example on page 39-40 when the Dud’s friend and the adolescent girls exchanges the words “sluts and assholes”. Which later was adapted by the young teenagers in their vocabulary as

A good example is on pages 69-71 as Windy was shown dancing her heart out as Rose was shown occupied with writing a birthday card for her mom, and again on pages 174-175 as Windy dances for Rose again. Natural sounds that the readers can’t hear are shown in inscription which can be seen in every page that does not have any dialogues. On the first and last page of the book, only the background noises are in inscription as the novel begins and end. On pages 197-200 the natural sounds of nature at night were shown through inscriptions to let the readers experience the fear that Rose have as she walks home in the dark after watching a scary