No Ivy League
When 17-year-old Hazel takes a summer job clearing ivy from the forest in Portland, Oregon, the only plan is to earn some extra cash to put toward concert tickets. Homeschooled, affluent, and sheltered, Hazel soon finds that working side by side with at-risk teens leaves no room for comforting...
show more
When 17-year-old Hazel takes a summer job clearing ivy from the forest in Portland, Oregon, the only plan is to earn some extra cash to put toward concert tickets. Homeschooled, affluent, and sheltered, Hazel soon finds that working side by side with at-risk teens leaves no room for comforting illusions of equality and understanding. This uncomfortable and compelling memoir is an important story of a teen’s awakening to the racial insularity of the upper class, the power of white privilege, and the hidden history of segregation in Portland.
show less
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781549303050
Publish date: 2019-08-07
Publisher: Lion Forge Comics
Pages no: 216
Edition language: English
This graphic memoir follows Hazel as they exit the bubble of their home-schooled existence to work in Portland's "No Ivy League" to earn some summer cash so they and their friends can go to a concert across the country. The No Ivy League battles English ivy in public forest, keeping the invasive pla...
Log in with Facebook 
