A graphic memoir of first love at a conservative Appalachian girls' camp, as a teen navigates queer identity and heartbreak.
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A graphic memoir of first love at a conservative Appalachian girls' camp, as a teen navigates queer identity and heartbreak.
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Maggie Thrash has spent basically every summer of her fifteen-year-old life at the one-hundred-year-old Camp Bellflower for Girls, set deep in the heart of Appalachia. She's from Atlanta, she's never kissed a guy, she's into Backstreet Boys in a really deep way, and her long summer days are full of a pleasant, peaceful nothing . . . until one confounding moment.
A split-second of innocent physical contact pulls Maggie into a gut-twisting love for an older, wiser, and most surprising of all (...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Central teen first love with attraction and brief physical contact; no explicit sex
Violence & gore
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Recreational camp rifle-range shooting; no graphic interpersonal violence
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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Counselors smoke off-duty; brief speculation about drinking
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Central lesbian first love and queer identity discovery memoir
Religious content
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Conservative Christian girls' camp setting, rituals, and values
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Social themes of queer acceptance versus conservative camp norms
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Bullying and ostracism of girls with same-sex attraction
Other
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