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No Ivy League
No Ivy League | Hazel Newlevant
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When 17-year-old Hazel Newlevant takes a summer job clearing ivy from the forest in her home town of Portland, Oregon, her only expectation is to earn a little money. Homeschooled, affluent, and sheltered, Hazel soon finds her job working side by side with at-risk teens to be an initiation into a new world that she has no skill in navigating. This uncomfortable and compelling memoir is an important story of a girl's awakening to the racial insularity of her life, the power of white privilege, and the hidden story of segregation in Portland.
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Kenyazero
Kenyazero
No Ivy League | Hazel Newlevant
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I've decided to start taking nicer shots of books for Instagram posts, starting with this book!

BookishMarginalia Nice! #Bookstagram is too much of an artistic commitment for me. I‘m much more of an impromptu point and shoot kind of poster. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 4y
maich Beautiful❤ 4y
bibliobliss I agree that #bookstagram can be a major time and artistic commitment. I don't have time or patience for it but I have chosen to try #minimalistbookstagram which allows me to booksta while keeping it low-key and quick. Nice shot!! 4y
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Kenyazero @BookishMarginalia Thanks! I suspect I won't do too many nice photos for this, honestly. So far, I mostly post just the book cover, and thought I could handle an occasional staged photo! 4y
Kenyazero @maich Thank you! 4y
Kenyazero @Readage I don't think I'll do too many staged photos like this, just aiming for a few, and I don't anticipate them looking as artistic as many of the bookstagram posts I've seen. I'll have to check out the minimalist tag! 4y
bibliobliss @Kenyazero 👍 4y
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Kenyazero
Kenyazero
No Ivy League | Hazel Newlevant
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Hazel discloses a complicated coming of age moment in her teenage years when she spent time doing forest management with a local parks service. In this graphic novel, she explores relationships, sexual harassment, bullying, and the complexities of integrating into social groups when you're a teenager and a homeschooler. I felt some of the lonely on-the-edges-of-the-group moments from my teen years, which was surprisingly hard to reflect on! #Comic

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BookishMarginalia
BookishMarginalia
No Ivy League | Hazel Newlevant
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An autobiographical graphic novel about a teen grappling with white privilege in 2006 Portland. Don‘t read it expecting a cohesive argument; this is meant to be snapshots of self-discovery over a summer. It doesn‘t hit you over the head about issues but focuses instead on the author‘s journey. The artwork is beautiful.

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ChasingOm
ChasingOm
No Ivy League | Hazel Newlevant
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This week‘s #bookreport.
?Listened to a couple hours of THE HAZEL WOOD.
? Started NO IVY LEAGUE tonight, after a day filled with friends and board games.

I haven‘t been reading as much this year because I am so busy with work, but it‘s ok. I set my reading goal lower this year because I know election years are tough, so I‘m not feeling pressured. I‘ve had a few nights of zoning out while building my Pokédex in Sword instead, hah!

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Cinfhen Good for you!!! Friends and board games sounds awesome 5y
MidnightBookGirl It's all about balance! I listen to a ton of audiobooks, but if I didn't, then with my new job, I wouldn't have much time or energy to read. I've been so tired at night that I just listen to audiobooks while I play games on my phone. 5y
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LibrarianRyan
LibrarianRyan
No Ivy League | Hazel Newlevant
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I went into this story blind. Based on the notes from the author at the beginning of the story I was expecting something amazing, or something deeply personal like Gender Queer, or March. Instead this was a mash of ideas all leading up to some big conflict reveal to have it peter out worse than a bug out of gas. Hazel is homeschooled. She is working on winning a homeschool contest, and gets a summer job helping to remove ivy from parks.

LibrarianRyan While there she is sexually harassed and puts a stop to it. But then feels guilty the guy lost his job. A job he needs because he is an at-risk-youth of color. Then she finds out that she is homeschooled because her mother had problems with integration bussing in her own childhood. This book skips from theme to theme but never really takes time to develop either. 5y
LibrarianRyan It is a memoir, and while it took the author 10 years to create, we don‘t really get to see that creation, or the lessons behind the actions.
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ReadingOver50
ReadingOver50
No Ivy League | Hazel Newlevant
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This graphic novel sounded so interesting I just had to read it. I loved that Hazel got a summer job working in the local forests pulling up ivy. As she tries to fit in with her coworkers, Hazel realizes how sheltered her life has been. She seems pretty naive but also friendly and open to new experiences. In the ARC I read, the artwork wasn't fully finished, but I think it will be stunning when it is done.

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