Told through real-life journals, collages, lists, and drawings, this coming-of-age story illustrates the transformation of an 18-year-old girl from a small-town teenager into an independent city-dwelling college student.
* YALSA Outstanding Book for the College Bound 2014
* Texas Library Association (TLA) Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List 2013
* Independent Publisher Book Award (IPBA), Independent Voice Award Winner 2014
* YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers Nominee 2014
* Cooperative Children’s Book Center, CCBC Choices 2014
* CBC Teen Choice Book of the Year Award Nominee 2013
* Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Finalist 2013
* Cybils Children's & Young Adult Blogger Awards – Graphics Nominee 2013
Told through real-life journals, collages, lists, and drawings, this award-winning, coming-of-age story illustrates the transformation of an 18-year-old girl from a small-town teenager into an independent city-dwelling college student.
"It’s a familiar notion, the sense of being a little fish in a big pond. This awareness may arrive at an early age for some, while running inexplicably late for others. But for eighteen-year-old Ramsey Beyer, a lover of lists, lakes, and bonfires, this epiphany arrives with a traditional right-of-passage: the start of college. Beyer . . . chronicles her transition from Midwest high school senior to city-savvy first year art student in her debut memoir. Like many pre-undergrads, she precariously balances on the teeter-totter of change and consistency that comes with college acceptances, graduation, and the unstoppable arrival of the first autumn away from home. Beyer demonstrates maturity and insight when constructing a list of what her home environment lacks and what the prospect of life in a more populated setting might bring, highlighting both the positive and negative possibilities."
