You Brought Me the Ocean by Alex Sanchez

My favorite parts: Maroh’s art is amazing throughout, but is particularly great when Jake uses his powers (which he’s trying to figure out) and in the book’s more romantic moments, which are pitch perfect. It’s all a recipe for disaster unless Jake can tell everyone he loves who he is and what he can do. Rainbow Boys cover published in 2001 by Simon & Schuster You Brought Me the Ocean published by DC Comics The Greatest Superpower published by Capstone in 2021. And then Jake uses his water-based superpowers to keep himself and Kenny safe during a flash flood, and suddenly he’s keeping a few secrets not only from his mom but from Maria. (Or at least that’s what his mom tells him.) At school Jake is drawn to Kenny, an out and outspoken gay young man on the swim team, and they seem headed to become friends or maybe more. This freaks his mother out a bit because Jake’s dad drowned long ago. But Jake wants to go somewhere new, somewhere near the ocean. You Brought Me the Ocean (2020) graphic novel authored by Sanchez and. The voices that shaped LGBTQ Young Adult literature, Lambda Award-Winning author Alex Sanchez (Rainbow Boys) and New York Times bestselling illustrator Julie Maroh (Blue Is the Warmest Color), present a new coming-out romance and origin story for. His best friend Maria wants more than friendship from him, and seems like she wants to stay in their small New Mexico town forever. Alex Sanchez (born 1957) is a Mexican American author of award-winning novels for teens and. That it involves both superpowers and romance makes it a book I’m sure will bring new readers to graphic novels, and please others who already read YA novels. There’s a note from Sanchez at the beginning, and one from Maroh at the end of the book.Īny graphic novel that combines the writing talents of Sanchez (Rainbow Boys) and the comics art of Maroh (Blue Is The Warmest Color) is worth a look. DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults, 2020. You Brought Me The Ocean by Alex Sanchez and Julia Maroh.

You Brought Me the Ocean by Alex Sanchez