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Shimura Takako, Translator: Rachel Thorn

Wandering Son: Volume Seven

On sale date: September 7, 2014

In this sensitive manga series about transgender preteens, the boy who wants to be a girl deals with acne, and is scouted for the school's theater club along with Chiba-san.

Shimura Takako's groundbreaking, critically acclaimed, and beloved Wandering Son continues to explore gender identity among its cast of middle school students in our 7th volume. Nitori-kun gets his first signs of acne. This may well be the end of the world. But when he turns to nationally famous model Anna-chan for help, events take an unexpected turn. Meanwhile, Nitori-kun and Chiba-san are scouted by the theater club after the success of their gender-bending play, The Rose of Versailles. But when Takatsuki-san congratulates Chiba-san, Chiba-san calls her a hypocrite. If Takatsuki-san wanted to join the theater club, she wouldn't congratulate Chiba-san — she'd be jealous. So says Chiba-san, but what does she know?

Wandering Son: Volume Seven is part of the Wandering Son series.

Praise

"Gender bending has a long been a staple in manga, but it's rarely treated with the nuance and sensitivity of Shimura Takako's Wandering Son." — Matt White - Publishers Weekly

"Wandering Son is an important manga series, much celebrated for the sensitive treatment of its two young transgender protagonists. It offers nuanced portrayals of these two middle schoolers, their friends, and their families. The tone is sweet, gentle, and hopeful, making it a pleasant reading experience. At the same time, it doesn't turn away from realistic issues like bullying and the pain of experiencing puberty when your body already doesn't match the way you feel inside." — Nic Willcox - No Flying No Tights

Specs

Pages
200
Format
Hardback
Color
Black & white
Dimensions
6.9" × 9.6"
ISBN-13
9781606997505
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