Quite a ride! Appropriate for ages 13-17.Įnter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Her notes at the end of the book offer historical details for what she shows on the page, giving context to her characters.
The color palette of this book fits my own taste, with lots of greens, lavenders, pinks and corals. It captures the varied pastel tones of much of the Southwest.
She offers such empathy to her queer characters, many who are also secondary characters in the story and also pays homage to people of color in the West too. Stage Dreams, like As The Crow Flies, is beautifully drawn in colored pencil. I want to have the second book immediately so that I can continue to explore the West with these two amazing women. I fell so hard for this thin graphic novel. Grace has a perfect Georgia accent, so all they need are some great dresses and plenty of courage. Looking for books by Melanie Gillman See all books authored by Melanie Gillman, including Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales, and Stage Dreams. The two of them start talking and realize that Grace may be the key to one of Ghost Hawk’s biggest treasures, stealing some crucial documents from some rich confederates. But it turns out that Grace is not wealthy and many don’t understand that she is transgender. On one of her heists, she takes a woman hostage looking for a ransom payout. This is the story of Flor, also known as the Ghost Hawk, a Latinx woman who steals from stagecoaches with the help of her trained hawk. The author of As the Crow Flies returns with a queer western story that tells a different tale from the traditional male-focused guns-blazing westerns. "An engrossing escapade with a heart-stealing queer romance.Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman ( 9781512440003) "An illuminating western with a refreshingly matter-of-fact queer romance."- Booklist- ( 12:00:00 AM) " Stage Dreams' sweeping lines and dimensional shading are rich pleasures."-Etelka Lehoczky for NPR Books- ( 12:00:00 AM) " whirlwind adventure and a blossoming romance." -MTV News- ( 12:00:00 AM) "This charming and poignant queer romance set against a Civil War-era backdrop will resonate with readers."-starred, School Library Journal- ( 12:00:00 AM) "elves into queer history and spins a witty and extravagant yarn about a dashing duo."-starred, Publishers Weekly- ( 12:00:00 AM) Melanie Gillman is a cartoonist and colored pencil artist who specializes in LGBTQ books for kids and teens. Treat yourself to this book your day/week/life will be better for it."-Kate Leth, Spell on Wheels- ( 12:00:00 AM) A fast-paced, charming adventure story told beautifully in colored pencil-a medium nobody knows better than Mel Gillman. "Melanie Gillman's beautifully crafted YA graphic adventure reveals the hitherto little-known historic diversity of the Old West."-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters- ( 12:00:00 AM)
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