![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And yet, the themes are not all that simple, neither are the several girls that appear in the book, camping out and taking jabs at each other, in both fun and devious ways. The art-style in the book is very simple, like color-pencil illustrations made by a teenager, giving the mood an adolescent innocent touch. Kevin Richardson from the ‘Backstreet Boys’ is Maggie’s ideal type, so she is taken aback when she finds herself obsessed with Erin, an older girl. Maggie is much shorter than her peers, and is slightly on the asocial side, so she prefers spending her time at the rifle range doing target practice, since it’s the highest point in the camp and very few like to hike it up. The story unfolds at the 100-year-old Camp Bellowflower for christian girls, where their days are spent blissfully in the woods, playing outdoor games or sports, reading Harry Potter, mooning over boys, teasing each other and doing little mandatory chores. Maggie Thrash in her graphic memoir ‘Honor Girl’, poignantly draws her life as 15-year-old camper, navigating with feelings for a 19-year-old counselor. It’s so easy to forget what it was like to be a teen, when infatuations could seem like the end of the world if they weren’t reciprocated. ![]()
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