Laura lee gulledge is an eisner award nominated author, illustrator, and active teaching artist. Teenage paige dreams of being an artist but is plagued by selfdoubt. Sixteenyearold paige turner a product of writer parents, though that still doesnt forgive the somewhat cruel moniker is a recent transplant to brooklyn from rural virginia. Paige turner has just moved to new york with her family, and shes having some trouble adjusting to. With her familys recent move from virginia to new york city, she decides to buy a sketchbook and start drawing seriously. Laura lee gulledge when paige turner and her family move to new york city from rural virginia, she tries to make sense of her new life through her sketchbook, and it helps bring her true personality into the open, a. Youll love her page by page transformationand the insightful creativity of this. A sweet comingofage graphic novel about an artistic introvert. Paige and her parents have just moved from virginia to new york city where everything is so new. We were looking for graphic novels to incorporate into a session were working on, and page by paige was one that wed seen in a. Download full page by paige book in pdf, epub, mobi and all ebook format. Upcoming ya graphic novel page by paige by laura lee gulledge. Laura lee gulledge is an artist, author, and educator from virginia. And somelike the main character in page by paige by laura lee gulledge draw in sketchbooks and let us peek inside.
To combat her loneliness, she buys a sketchbook and starts. May 2011 amulet books, a division of abrams soundtrack by the damnwells. Page by paige earned a spot in 2012s great graphic novels for teens for many great reasons. Laura lee gulledges new book, page by paige, chronicles the challenges a girl faces when she moves to the big city and has difficulty adjustinguntil she discovers her artistic talent.
Page by paige discussion guide by laura lee gulledge click here to download the page by paige discussion guide. Page by paige by laura lee gulledge booksareforlovers. Her family recently moved from central virginia to manhattan and she has to deal with acclimating herself to a new city and culture while her relationships with her parents, especially her mother, have been crumbling. Bibliographic information page by paige by laura lee gulledge, amulet books, 2011, isbn 9780810997226 plot summary paige has just moved from virginia to new york with her family. The cover, combined with that interesting title, is what originally drew me to this book.
Page by paige, by laura lee gulledge blogging for a good. A few of my kids have read it during our schoolwide ssr time. Actually, its closer to being a graphic journal than a novel, and i definitely dont mean that in a diary of a wimpy kid way. She doesnt know anybody in this big city, and she feels lonely and scared. Page by paige by laura lee gulledge, 9780810997226, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Needless to say, the author, laura lee gulledge, did an excellent job in writing this graphic novel. Laura lee gulledge crafts stories and panels with images that are thoughtprovoking, funny, and emotionally resonant.
Page by paige laura lee gulledge download free ebook. She knows if she wants to be an artist, she has to do something about it, so she buys herself a sketchbook and follows her grandmas rules of. Page by paige by laura lee gulledge, 9780810997226, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Paige wants to be an artist, but doesnt consider herself one. Explore her graphic novels, new online gallery, and innovative young adult animusical. In general, i dont gravitate toward graphic novels. I met laura lee gulledge at nycc in october and i picked up page by paige because it looked really cute. Page by paige by laura lee gulledge paige has just moved to new york from virginia. Teens struggling to find their place can see themselves in paige s honest, heartfelt story. Stead when i read laura lee gulledges graphic novel, page by paige. And in a city as big as new york, her struggle feels doubly real. She decides to buy a sketchbook and record her thoughts and emotions with drawings. As she makes friends and starts to explore the city, she slowly brings her secret identity out into the open, a process that is equal parts.
Laura lee gulledges stunning art digs deep into the soul and exposes all the ups, downs, and sideways feelings of being a young adult on the edge of the rest of your life. With her new sketchbook she wanders around the city, wondering how shell make her home there and if shell make new friends. Shes away from her only friend and arguing with her mom, whos too happy to be real. Introspective teen paige has just moved to new york city from virginia, and she is struggling to adjust. Page by paige with images mentor texts, graphic novel. Read page by paige by laura lee gulledge available from rakuten kobo. Laura lee gulledge download page by paige laura lee gulledge ebook. She is also struggling with her desire to define herself as an artist, and with a lot of selfdoubt.
Page by paige by laura lee gulledge tells the story of paige, a 16year old girl, who has just moved from charlottesville, virginia, to new york. Page by paige book by laura lee gulledge thriftbooks. To be completely honest, jessica actually picked this one up. Although the novel provides black and white pictures, i believed that laura lee gulledge did this not only for students imaginations to image what the colors surrounding. Shes shy and quiet, and lives too much in her own head. When paige turner and her family move to new york city from rural virginia, she tries to make sense of her new life through her sketchbook, and it helps bring her true personality into the open, a process that is equal parts terrifying and rewarding. Paige turner has just moved to new york with her family, and shes having some trouble adjusting to the big city. This is definitely a cute book that will appeal to both writers and artists. In laura lee gulledges new graphic novel, we meet introspective teen paige, who has just moved to new york city from virginia and is struggling to adjust.
She is also a teaching artist as seen through her interactive book sketchbook dares. In the pages of her sketchbook, she tries to make sense of her new life, including trying out her secret identity. Page by paige ebook by laura lee gulledge rakuten kobo. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read page by paige. Teens struggling to find their place can see themselves in paiges honest, heartfelt story. And somelike the main character in page by paige by laura lee gulledgedraw in sketchbooks and let us peek inside. Teens struggling to find their place can see themselves in paiges honest. While reading, i spent a lot of time thinking about audience for page by paige and actually had little trouble figuring out whod like this book fans of realistic fiction, artists, or anyone who has ever felt like an outcast or experienced a huge. As in all great books, the paige you meet at the beginning of this story isnt the paige youll see by the end. Buy a cheap copy of page by paige book by laura lee gulledge.
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