Mariko Tamaki. (2016). Saving Montgomery Sole. Roaring Brook Press.

Mariko Tamaki. 2016. Saving Montgomery Sole. Roaring Brook Press.

Mariko Tamaki, Saving Montgomery Sole. Roaring Brook Press, 2016.

Mariko Tamaki. Saving Montgomery Sole. Roaring Brook Press, 2016.

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   • bioText: Mariko Tamaki is a New York Times bestselling Canadian writer of comics and prose. She is the co-creator of This One Summer, with Jillian Tamaki, and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me, with Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, both of which received Eisner Awards and Printz Honors. She also writes superhero stories Marvel and DC Comics. Mariko lives in Oakland.
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A beautiful and offbeat novel from Mariko Tamaki, co-creator of the bestselling Printz Honor and Caldecott Honor Book This One Summer.
Montgomery Sole is a square peg in a small town, forced to go to a school full of jocks and girls who don't even know what irony is. It would all be impossible if it weren't for her best friends, Thomas and Naoki. The three are also the only members of Jefferson High's Mystery Club, dedicated to exploring the weird and unexplained, from ESP and astrology to super powers and mysterious objects.
Then there's the Eye of Know, the possibly powerful crystal amulet Monty bought online. Will it help her predict the future or fight back against the ignorant jerks who make fun of Thomas for being gay or Monty for having lesbian moms? Maybe the Eye is here just in time, because the newest resident of their small town is scarier than mothmen, poltergeists, or, you know, gym.
Thoughtful, funny, and painfully honest, Montgomery Sole is someone you'll want to laugh and cry with over a big cup of frozen yogurt with extra toppings.

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   • source: Daniel Handler, author of Why We Broke Up and We Are Pirates
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     "As with Montgomery Sole, my life is made bearable and glorious by a Mystery Club - a group of authors who tell the truth with wit and verve and style. Mariko Tamaki is in this club. Truth be told she's the coolest member."

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   • source: Holly Black, author of The Darkest Part of the Forest
   • content: "Saving Montgomery Sole is a beautiful and eloquent book that perfectly captures the yearning for a mystery larger than ourselves."
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   • source: Corey Silverberg, author of Sex Is a Funny Word
   • content: "Mariko Tamaki treasures and tears apart the quirky, confounding, and awkwardly beautiful parts of being a teenager, lending her unique talent and authentic voice to a cast of oddballs who also happen to be our neighbors, friends, and family."
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   • source: Kate Schatz, author of Rad American Women A-Z
   • content: "Saving Montgomery Sole is a deeply satisfying, smart, and necessary kind of book. I no longer have my copy, because once I finished it, I immediately handed it to one of my high school students. 'Read this,' I said. 'If you love it like I do, pass it on. Otherwise, give it back.' I haven't seen it since. And that's a good thing."
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   • source: Kate Scelsa, author ofFans of the Impossible Life
   • content: "Mysticism and emotion live side by side for Montgomery Sole, a teen girl who is trying to unravel both the mysteries of the universe and of other people. I gobbled this book up in one sitting."
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     Starred review from January 25, 2016
     In a quietly assured story, Tamaki (This One Summer) introduces Montgomery Sole, the 16-year-old daughter of lesbian mothers and the president of her school’s “mystery club,” which consists of Montgomery discussing topics like ESP and healing crystals with her friends Thomas and Naoki. When a preacher from a hyperbolic, homophobic church à la Westboro Baptist moves into her small California town, Montgomery is nervous that his son, a fellow student, will single her out for having gay parents. Alongside this anxiety is her recent online purchase of the Eye of Know, a $5.99 amulet that purports to be a “portal to vision untold.” When Montgomery’s flashes of anger starting having mysterious effects on her targets, she begins to believe that the amulet might be responsible. Montgomery’s interest in the supernatural, along with her thirst to understand the unknowable, parallels her often-fruitless efforts to understand her classmates, her younger sister, and her own identity. Montgomery’s slow confrontation with reality creates a realistic, satisfying arc, and Tamaki’s economical storytelling results in dimensional characters whose struggles feel viscerally real. Ages 12–up. Agent: Charlotte Sheedy, Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency.

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     February 1, 2016
     It's not easy being weird in tiny Aunty, California. Sixteen-year-old Montgomery Sole is used to being "a mystery object" to most of her high school peers. Being a Canadian with two moms and zero interest in celebrities, cars, or clothes makes her a frequent target of stupid, hurtful comments. That's probably why she loves to obsess over inexplicable phenomena like ESP, lucid dreaming, and hypnotism with her equally weird best friends, Thomas and Naoki. Neither their beloved Mystery Club nor Monty's new magic amulet (purchased online for a mere $5.99) is a sufficient distraction, however, when a famously homophobic evangelist moves into town and his son begins attending their high school. Tamaki, author of Caldecott Honor book This One Summer, illustrated by her cousin Jillian Tamaki (2014), balances the story's lighter and more intense moments through Monty's smart, forthright first-person narration. While Monty's sardonic observations about her classmates are familiar teen fare, that doesn't make them any less astute or amusing. Meanwhile, the well-developed and likable supporting cast raises the novel's emotional stakes. Readers will empathize with Monty's anger and fear when posters about saving the American family go up all around town, and Monty's ex-crush finds new ways to prove he is a bully and bigot. Offbeat and authentic--an uncommon treat. (Fiction. 13 & up)

     COPYRIGHT(2016) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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     December 1, 2015
     

     Gr 6 Up-Montgomery Sole is the older daughter of two moms, a member of her high school's Mystery Club, and a confused, sweet, sometimes moody, relatively innocent teenage girl in the small town of Aunty, CA. The teen starts using a black stone she wears called the Eye of Know to explore the unexamined intentions of the reverend, his son, and herself. The tone here is reminiscent of Stephanie Perkins's Anna and the French Kiss (Dutton, 2010), but the topics and themes are closer to those found in Carol Rifka Brunt's fantastic debut, Tell the Wolves I'm Home (Dial, 2013). The characters are refreshingly diverse for YA literature, in both sexuality and race, and the conversations around religion, homophobia, and society are written as if they are a norm of Montgomery's life-never straying into preachy or didactic territory. The novel is ultimately an exploration of Montgomery's struggles with religion and her parents' sexuality-and the question of whether the two are at odds. VERDICT While the themes are mature, the writing and characters are accessible for younger middle school readers; this would make a strong addition to most school or public library YA collections.-Shalini Miskelly, St. Benedict Catholic School, Seattle, WA

     Copyright 2015 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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     Starred review from February 1, 2016
     Grades 8-11 *Starred Review* Montgomery lives with her two moms and her sister in a fairly progressive California town, and she is pretty comfortable being an oddball, especially in the company of her friends Thomas and Naoki, with whom she runs a mystery club dedicated to learning about paranormal occurrences. She is particularly excited about her latest discovery: the Eye of Know, a stone that promises a portal into vision untold. But when someone superglues a cross to her lockerjust as blustery, conservative Reverend White sets up shop downtown and plasters antigay, family-values posters everywhereshe begins to panic, and her hardened attitude, particularly toward Reverend White's son, newly enrolled at her school, begins to drive a wedge between her and her friends. When the Eye of Know seemingly imbues her with power, her anger is amplified, and she is compelled to take a much closer look at a more mundane mysteryherself. Tamaki is a master of evoking profound meaning at a slant, and here she expertly builds Monty's dynamic character in her funny, self-deprecating first-person narrative. Gradually and indirectly, Tamaki peels away layers of Monty's tough exterior to reveal the troubling source of both her panic and her fierce, albeit prickly, loyalty to her family. Subtle, compassionate, and full of character, Tamaki's empowering story of personal insightnot to mention lovably flawed Monty herselfhas ample, surprising depth.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2016, American Library Association.)

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      January 1, 2016
      Montgomery Sole has always felt like an outsider in her conservative, homogenous town of Aunty, California, where she lives with her two moms and her sister Tesla. Just when Montgomery thought things couldn't get any worse, someone begins gluing crosses to the lockers at Jefferson High, and notoriously bigoted Evangelical Reverend White comes to Aunty, plastering the town with posters proclaiming, WE WILL SAVE THE AMERICAN FAMILY, TOGETHER. The one place she feels she belongs is the three-member Jefferson High Mystery Clubherself; her gay best friend, Thomas; and their Luna Lovegoodesque friend Naokiwhich explores the mysteries of the universe. Hoping it will solve all her problems, Montgomery orders a genuine crystal amulet online called the Eye of Know that promises to act as a portal to visions untold. But when bad things start to happen to those she deems enemies, Montgomery can't help but be concerned. Coincidence, or the Eye of Know taking action? Although Tamaki's protagonist is sixteen, Montgomery's voice feels distinctly early-adolescent, and a thread of middle-grade appeal runs throughout the entire narrative. As Tamaki (best known for her graphic novels with Jillian Tamaki: Skim, rev. 7/08, and This One Summer, rev. 7/14) explores the tensions between belief and identity, perception and realityand despite the novel's neatly wrapped endingMontgomery's introspective navigation of a world that feels hostile rings true. kazia berkley-cramer

      (Copyright 2016 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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Montgomery Sole is a square peg in a small town, forced to go to a school full of jocks and girls who don't even know what irony is. It would all be impossible if it weren't for her best friends, Thomas and Naoki. The three are also the only members of Jefferson High's Mystery Club, dedicated to exploring the weird and unexplained, from ESP and astrology to super powers and mysterious objects.
Then there's the Eye of Know, the possibly powerful crystal amulet Monty bought online. Will it help her predict the future or fight back against the ignorant jerks who make fun of Thomas for being gay or Monty for having lesbian moms? Maybe the Eye is here just in time, because the newest resident of their small town is scarier than mothmen, poltergeists, or, you know, gym.
Thoughtful, funny, and painfully honest, Montgomery Sole is...

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