Christine Norrie – illustratör

Welcome to Grosse Pointe, Michigan, where social rank is determined by the age of your money and the dryness of your martini. The new girl in town, Emma Harris, must prove herself hip to the rigid rules of adolescent conformity. The quest for cool, she discovers, is one long final exam. To pass she must be cruel to be kind (ditching her best friend for the popular crowd), dress to impress (trading her favorite Esprit shirt for three plastic bracelets), and master the art of seduction (puckering up with Mulberry Stain or Peaches 'n' Cream lip gloss). Life is all about making choices -- the right ones. Will Emma's social acrobatics put her on the short list for that coveted country club membership? Will the digits of her zip code pass muster? If her parents split up, will the gossip help or hurt her in the rankings? Grosse Pointe Girl serves as an indispensable road map through the dysfunction privilege brings. So put on your Guess? jeans and your jelly shoes and come along for the ride to the adolescent days that time forgot, but you never will.

In a beautifully crafted and captivating graphic novelfrom award-winning writer Sherri L. Smith and Eisner-nominated artistChristine Norrie, a Japanese-American girl must survive yearsof uncertainty and questions of loyalty in Hiroshima during WorldWar II.Amy is a thirteen-year-old Japanese-American girl who lives inHawaii. When her great-grandmother falls ill, Amy travels to visitfamily in Hiroshima for the first time.But this is 1941.When the Japanese navy attacks Pearl Harbor, it becomes impossiblefor Amy to return to Hawaii. Conscripted into translating Englishradio transmissions for the Japanese army, Amy struggles withquestions of loyalty and fears about her family amidst rumorsof internment camps in America – even as she makes a new bestfriend and, over the years, Japan starts to feel something likehome.Torn between two countries at war, Amy must figure outwhere her loyalties lie and, in the face of unthinkable tragedy,find hope in the rubble of a changed world. Beatifully illustrated by award-winning illustrator ChristineNorrieA thrilling tale of torn loyalty and survival during terriblecrisisA glimpse into the untold stories of WWII