Lifetime Passes by Terry Blas and Claudia Aguirre
Brightly colored and boldly illustrated by Claudia Aguirre, Terry Blas’ text is unusual in the graphic novel field: it’s a young adult story looking at American life from a Latina POV. Jackie’s parents have been deported to Mexico but she remains in the U.S. in the care of her aunt. Tia works at a senior center and can’t afford a season pass to Jackie’s favorite place in the world, the local adventure park. Lifetime Passes is a story of ingenuity and growing human sympathy as Jackie learns to navigate the world and to understand the people around her.
