Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me has appeared in several challenges across the country. As the relationship plays out, we see its effects on Freddy and her relationship with her friends. The book, which is multi-award winning and has received widespread critical acclaim, focuses on the story of Freddy Riley and her relationship with her on-again, off-again girlfriend, Laura Dean. The graphic novel was written by Mariko Tamaki (the writer of This One Summer, a frequently challenged and banned book) and illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell. Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me was published in 2019 by First Second Books.

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Maybe it's Freddy, who is rapidly losing her friends, including Doodle, who needs her now more than ever.įortunately for Freddy, there are new friends, and the insight of advice columnists like Anna Vice to help her through being a teenager in love. But Laura Dean keeps coming back, and as their relationship spirals further out of her control, Freddy has to wonder if it's really Laura Dean that's the problem. Reeling from her latest break up, Freddy's best friend, Doodle, introduces her to the Seek-Her, a mysterious medium, who leaves Freddy some cryptic parting words: break up with her. There's just one problem: Laura Dean is maybe not the greatest girlfriend. Laura Dean, the most popular girl in high school, was Frederica Riley's dream girl: charming, confident, and SO cute. Annotation: Author Mariko Tamaki and illustrator Rosemary Valero-O'Connell bring to life a sweet and spirited tale of young love in Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, a graphic novel that asks us to consider what happens when we ditch the toxic relationships we crave to embrace the healthy ones we need.

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