William Morrow & Company
The Golden Hour
The Golden Hour
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Smith, Niki
2021 Kirkus Prize Finalist - A Kirkus Best Book of 2021 - An SLJ Best Book of 2021
★ "Exceptionally graceful and delightful" -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review
★ "A beautiful story of resilience." School Library Journal, starred review
★ "Meaningful and impactful " -- School Library Connection, starred review
From the author of The Deep & Dark Blue comes a tender graphic novel, perfect for our time, that gently explores themes of self-discovery, friendship, healing from tragedy, and hope for a better tomorrow.
Struggling with anxiety after witnessing a harrowing instance of gun violence, Manuel Soto copes through photography, using his cell-phone camera to find anchors that keep him grounded. His days are a lonely, latchkey monotony until he's teamed with his classmates, Sebastian and Caysha, for a group project.
Sebastian lives on a grass-fed cattle farm outside of town, and Manuel finds solace in the open fields and in the antics of the newborn calf Sebastian is hand-raising. As Manuel aides his new friends in their preparations for the local county fair, he learns to open up, confronts his deepest fears, and even finds first love.
