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I have to say: I have read this review a couple times since you have posted it, and other things you posted on FB about her reading it, and it makes me smile every time. Yay! And it's up for best graphic "novel" for the year on GR, too!

Makes me smile, too. I've never seen anything get to Zoe like this.

Well, as a teacher (and parent), that sort of response gets me going: How do I feed that flame? But you know, the smile is also just about having found that special book you know she will never forget. Another book that is pretty cool (but that she will not quite relate to, obviously) is Cece Bell's Ed Deafo. Get that one.

Here's a couple more, that she may be interested in: Pedro and Me (the first MTV Real World, where a straight cartoonist nerd rooms with a guy he discovers is gay� and is HIV-Positive� but not sure how much of that is known beforehand� it's not THAT great, to me, but it is a pretty profound story); Skim, by Mariko T? (again, spoilers: a shy Asian girl in a boarding school? has a couple friends, is kinda punk? and develops a crush on her female teacher�)

Mariko Tomei, I think. Her new book is This One Summer, which is about a friendship between two girls, sweet� Wandering Son is a series, YA, by Shimura Takako about a girl who sorta wants to be a boy who is friends with a boy who sorta wants to be a girl� This is for you to check out first, but if she liked Tomboy, I am so bold as to presume these identity issues might interest her, not suggesting anything, of course. Just one of those computer things: "If you are interested in Tomboy, you might try�" :)

Thank you, Dave! I'll check all of these out.