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Paul Has a Summer Job
Paul Has a Summer Job | Michel Rabagliati
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Rabagliati`s strip "Paul: Apprentice Typographer" was one of the highlights of 1999`s Drawn & Quarterly anthology, and his first comic book Paul in the Country won the 2000 Harvey award for Best New Talent. This, his first graphic novel, is eagerly anticipated by comix connoisseurs who enjoy a sweet, unsentimental story about being a teenager and Rabagliatis crisp retro-modern 1950s drawing style. Paul Has a Summer Job continues the story of Paul, a Quebecois teenager in the 1970s, as he experiences the first conflicts of responsibility with his desire to be free. Paul is outraged that he is forced to stop his high school art training. But hes been asked to put art aside because his other grades are so terribly low. Defiant, he quits school and anticipates a summer of leisure. But instead Paul follows the path of so many Quebecois teenagers: he lands a job as a counselor at one of the many summer camps in the mountains outside the city. There he finds himself guiding a motley band of kids, misfits and troublemakers, much like himself.
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JulietteReadsALot
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In this graphic novel, we follow Paul in his first experience as a counselor at a summer camp in the 1970s.
I haven't read the first book in the series, but it's really not a problem. This book is readable by itself.
Well done, with interesting themes: coming of age, first responsibilities, first love, self-confidence, etc.

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Ddzmini
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Hello yes I just need time to read 🤣🤣🤣

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LA_Mead
Paul Has a Summer Job | Michel Rabagliati
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On a recent trip to the library I randomly picked up a Michel Rabagliati graphic novel and now I‘m hooked! Anyone have any suggestions for graphic novelists who are similar?

Redwritinghood I haven‘t read any of his stuff. Will have to check it out. 7y
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Gleefulreader
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Another instalment in this semi-autobiographical series. In this one, Paul is on the cusp of adulthood and foundering. He has dropped out of school and is working in a printing factory. On a whim, he takes a job as a summer camp counsellor - an experience that opens his eyes and forces him to grow up. The book perfectly encapsulates the looser era of the 1970s and the challenges with growing up. Really enjoying this series.

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