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Cover of Kid GlovesNominee2020

Kid Gloves

by Lucy Knisley

Nominated 2 times. Each year the judges shortlist only a handful of books in each category, so a nomination is a mark of a book the comics world rates among the best of its year.

Good for
Adults
About
Memoir and real lives, History, Family, Science and the real world
Edition
First Second / 256 pages / ISBN 9781626728080
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