Laura lee gulledge is an artist, author, and educator based out of charlottesville, va. Gulledge is a superb story teller who excels, through her art, at taking the reader into the mind of main character paige and showing us exactly what she is thinking andor feeling. Sixteenyearold paige turner a product of writer parents, though that still doesnt forgive the somewhat cruel moniker is a recent transplant to brooklyn from rural virginia. Page by paige by laura lee gulledge, paperback barnes. Page by paige by laura lee gulledge page by paige paige turner has just moved to new york with her family, and shes having some trouble adjusting to the big city.
Stead when i read laura lee gulledge s graphic novel, page by paige. Page by paige by laura lee gulledge paige has just moved to new york from virginia. Buy a cheap copy of page by paige book by laura lee gulledge. Laura lee gulledge s new book, page by paige, chronicles the challenges a girl faces when she moves to the big city and has difficulty adjustinguntil she discovers her artistic talent. In the pages of her sketchbook, she tries to make sense of her new life, including trying out her secret identity. Explore her graphic novels, new online gallery, and innovative young adult animusical. Teens struggling to find their place can see themselves in paige s honest, heartfelt story. To be completely honest, jessica actually picked this one up.
Page by paige by laura lee gulledge available in trade paperback on powells. Paige and her friends run around and just do random art in the city. Page by paige by laura lee gulledge overdrive rakuten. With her familys recent move from virginia to new york city, she decides to buy a sketchbook and start drawing seriously. This is another cute graphic novel that i discovered. Trailer for the graphic novel page by paige by laura le e gulledge abrams books 2011 music. Bibliographic information page by paige by laura lee gulledge, amulet books, 2011, isbn 9780810997226 plot summary paige has just moved from virginia to new york with her family. She has worked in art therapy and window decoration, among other pursuits.
Page by paige, written and illustrated by laura lee gulledge answers this question for me. Page by paige by laura lee gulledge page by paige by laura lee gulledge. Interview with page by paige creator laura lee gulledge from new york comic 2012. Actually, its closer to being a graphic journal than a novel, and i definitely dont mean that in a diary of a wimpy kid way. She decides to buy a sketchbook and record her thoughts and emotions with drawings.
Checked out from my local libraryadd to goodreads paige turner has just moved to new york with her family, and shes having some trouble adjusting to the big city. Page by paige by laura lee gulledge coming may 2011. And somelike the main character in page by paige by laura lee gulledgedraw in sketchbooks and let us peek inside. Page by paige by laura le e gulledge tells the story of paige, a 16year old girl, who has just moved from charlottesville, virginia, to new york. Page by paige, by laura le e gulledge why i picked it up.
To be honest i cant really remember how i heard about this book. She has worked in art education, scenic painting, body painting, and event production, among other pursuits. Page by paige by laura lee gulledge is a graphic novel told through the eyes of a teenage girl that just moved to brooklyn with her parents. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read page by paige. Page by paige, written and illustrated by laura lee. She knows if she wants to be an artist, she has to do something about it, so she buys herself a sketchbook and follows her grandmas rules of. Page by paige ebook by laura lee gulledge rakuten kobo. Page by paige by laura lee gulledge tells the story of paige, a 16year old girl, who has just moved from charlottesville, virginia, to new york. Comics, graphic novel, romance, coming of agepages. Shes shy and quiet, and lives too much in her own head. File type pdf page by paige laura lee gulledge page by paige laura lee gulledge authorillustrator laura lee gulledge answers questions about her debut graphic novel page by paige con men.
Paige paige page by paige by laura lee gulledge page by paige is a comingofage semiautobiographical book about art, growing up and the fears that come with it, searching for inspiration, the awakening of creativity, i was downcast right before reading it, and it really helped me to sort out my feelings and think about what is inside myself. Paige turner has just moved to new york with her family, and shes having some trouble adjusting to the big city. Page by paige king county library system overdrive. Page by paige by laura lee gulledge the paigeturner. Initially, some readers may find themselves put off by her. She doesnt know anybody in this big city, and she feels lonely and scared.
Page by paige by laura lee gulledge how i heard about it. Read page by paige by laura le e gulledge available from rakuten kobo. Shes away from her only friend and arguing with her mom, whos too happy to be real. Page by paige book by laura lee gulledge thriftbooks. And in a city as big as new york, her struggle feels doubly real.
She is also a teaching artist as seen through her interactive book sketchbook dares. Laura lee gulledge is an artist, author, and educator from virginia. Page by paige discussion guide by laura lee gulledge. Page by paige earned a spot in 2012s great graphic novels for teens for many great reasons.
We were looking for graphic novels to incorporate into a session were working on, and page by paige was one that wed seen in a few places. Page by paige by laura lee gulledge june 20, 2011 written by. Teens struggling to find their place can see themselves in paiges honest, heartfelt story. The style of illustration is contemporary and pretty cool. Needless to say, the author, laura lee gulledge, did an excellent job in writing this graphic novel. Introspective teen paige has just moved to new york city from virginia, and she is struggling to adjust. The cover is what caught my attention otherwise this book would have slipped off of my radar. Both of her parents are writers and they named her paige turner. Laura lee gulledge, like paige, grew up in virginia and moved to new york. Page by paige is a heartwarming look inside the mind of an introverted teen, one who feels something must be wrong with her because she lives inside her head and has a tendency toward privacy.
Laura lee gulledge is an eisner award nominated author, illustrator, and active teaching artist. To combat her loneliness, she buys a sketchbook and starts. Lonely and aloof, she decides to take her passionartto a new level and follow the rules that her grandmother also an artist lived by. In this event laura lee walks you through how to make a personalized self care plan for your emotional, mental, and physical needs plus how to actually apply it in your everyday life. She decides to draw her feelings and experiences in a sketchbook, following the simples rules set forth by her grandmother, who was an artist. Although new york is quite different from the region where paige grew up, gulledge eschews an.
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