{"product_id":"a-year-without-mom-9781773063799","title":"A Year Without Mom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow available in paperback, Dasha Tolstikova's acclaimed graphic novel \u003cem\u003eA Year Without Mom\u003c\/em\u003e follows twelve-year-old Dasha through a year full of turmoil after her mother leaves for America.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt is the early 1990s in Moscow, and political change is in the air. But Dasha is more worried about her own challenges as she negotiates family, friendships and school without her mother. Just as she begins to find her own feet, she gets word that she is to join her mother in America -- a place that seems impossibly far from everything and everyone she loves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDasha Tolstikova's major talent is on full display in this gorgeous and subtly illustrated graphic novel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e map\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7\u003cbr\u003e Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3\u003cbr\u003e Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTolstikova, Dasha:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDasha Tolstikova is the author\/illustrator of the award-winning graphic memoir \u003cem\u003eA Year Without Mom\u003c\/em\u003e. Dasha also illustrated \u003cem\u003eThe Jacket\u003c\/em\u003e, by Kirsten Hall (New York Times Review Notable Book of 2014); \u003cem\u003eIf a T-Rex Crashes Your Birthday Party\u003c\/em\u003e, by Jill Esbaum; \u003cem\u003eFriend or Foe\u003c\/em\u003e, by John Sobol; and \u003cem\u003eViolet and the Woof\u003c\/em\u003e, by Rebecca Grabill. Dasha's illustration work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Groundwood Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50433099661586,"sku":"9781773063799","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6aee6f34-8b98-44d7-a85a-b378dda177db.jpg?v=1729559870","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-year-without-mom-9781773063799","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}