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by Hazel Newlevant (Author, Artist) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
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"No Ivy League gracefully delivers a messy truth behind the essential process of questioning and reckoning. Newlevant respects young people's awareness of how class, race, gender, and history impact our experiences, and takes readers seriously enough to give space for personal reflection and growth. Fantastic brushwork, and a great sense of natural light. Highly recommended." --Nate Powell, artist of the March trilogy "Lushly rendered and thoughtfully written, Newlevant's No Ivy League is comics autobiography at its best: self-aware, socially conscious, critical, and compassionate." —Whit Taylor, author of Ghost Stories When 17-year-old Hazel takes a summer job clearing ivy from the forest in Portland, Oregon, the only plan is to earn some extra cash to put toward concert tickets. Homeschooled, affluent, and sheltered, Hazel soon finds that working side by side with at-risk teens leaves no room for comforting illusions of equality and understanding. This uncomfortable and compelling memoir is an important story of a teen's awakening to the racial insularity of the upper class, the power of white privilege, and the hidden history of segregation in Portland.
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    August 20, 2019
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"Lushly rendered and thoughtfully written, Newlevant's No Ivy League is comics autobiography at its best: self-aware, socially conscious, critical, and compassionate." -Whit Taylor, author of Ghost Stories

"No Ivy League gracefully delivers a messy truth behind the essential process of questioning and reckoning. Newlevant respects young people's awareness of how class, race, gender, and history impact our experiences, and takes readers seriously enough to give space for personal reflection and growth. Fantastic brushwork, and a great sense of natural light. Highly recommended." -Nate Powell, artist of the March trilogy

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07RPYQR6N
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Roar; Reprint edition (August 20, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 20, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 560656 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 202 pages
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    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 20 ratings

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Hazel Newlevant

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Hazel Newlevant is a Portland-raised, Queens-residing cartoonist. Their comics include Tender-Hearted, Sugar Town, No Ivy League, and If This Be Sin. They are the editor and publisher the anthologies Chainmail Bikini and Comics For Choice. Their work has been honored with the Ignatz Award, Xeric Grant and the Prism Comics Queer Press Grant.

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Anon.
5.0 out of 5 stars A different take on “Coming of Age”
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2022
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This is a good alternative to the usual staid coming of age story for older teenagers. It’s modern; it’s a little quirky; it’s thoughtful and age-appropriate for what actual teens actually go through. The illustration is evocative and really communicates the messaging. Good work. It would be a good addition for libraries, counselor’s offices, teen hang-outs, etc, as well.
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PWDecker
4.0 out of 5 stars It's a great look into the early 2000s Pacific Northwest.
Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2019
*I received this book as an eARC from Lion Forge via Edelweiss. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.*

This graphic novel is a great memoir style introspection about an important summer that changed a young person's perspective on the world during an important age of development. Privilege is at the heart of this story. Understanding it, realizing the unfair benefits, and understanding your own. Race, class, gender, and teen hormones.

I give this book a 4/5. It's a great look into the early 2000s Pacific Northwest. Class differences, homeschool, race, and so many other topics are brought up. This book gives you plenty to think about.
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Shields
5.0 out of 5 stars Be kind...
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2019
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A look into Hazel’s summer job as an ivy remover. I found the character Hazel’s kindness and willingness to try and mingle with her peers so enduring. Also, her summer job totally reminded me of my summer job at that age as a recreational camp instructor. This is only my second book from Hazel with the exception of the anthologies they have published, but I’d have to say that Hazel is definitely one of my favorite creators.
Thank you Hazel!
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Tabatha Shipley
3.0 out of 5 stars Contemporary fans who want to try graphic novels ...
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2022
What I Didn’t Like:
-I wanted a bit more detail. I get what we’re looking at here, it’s a snapshot of a summer. But I wanted the lessons to ring a little truer. I wanted to stay a bit longer on some of the scenes. I wanted to have more time to connect with Hazel and the other characters.
-The textbook style pages are very dry. I’m glad they’re short.

What I Did Like:
-Absolutely love the pages at the back from the author about how they created the work. Great look at the process of creating a graphic novel.
-The embarrassing moments that we all experience as teens are front and center, normalizing it all. That’s pretty brilliant.
-The artwork is nice. I’d like color, I think, but I get that it would add to printing costs.

Who Should Read This One:
-Contemporary fans who want to try graphic novels may thoroughly enjoy this one. At it’s heart, this is a contemporary story.

My Rating: 3 Stars.
Great quick read about recognizing (and checking) your privilege.
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DDV3
2.0 out of 5 stars Mundane Home Schooled High Schooler has Mundane Summer
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2021
The main character is home-schooled. She has a younger boyfriend. She is entering a contest for the best home-school advocacy video. She gets a summer job with other teens cleaning up a park. All very mundane stuff, so the author tries to make it interesting by forcing a racial narrative onto the scenario. Some of the kids are black. Some are Hispanic. Some of the black kids make crude sexual jokes. Yawn. But then (spoiler ahead), she finds out that her mother homeschools her because her mother is hositle to integration! OMG. But that's not what the mom says at all. She says she had a bad experience at school, and it got worse when they starting busing for integration and she got shaken down daily for her lunch money. That strikes me as a bad reaction to being being robbed every day in the prison-like environment of school, not to "integration." Both the character and the author seem entirely blind to this, and in the latter case it's not clear if she is really blind, or if she just realized her book was dull and thought it might get attention if she reconfigured it as a an "awakening to racism" story.
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Liz Frances
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved this charming graphic novel.
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2020
I have had the pleasure of meeting Hazel at various comics festivals and book expos. They seem like an amazing human being. Someone who sparkles with life. And this graphic novel memoir of their adolescence is refreshing in its bare open honesty. The art is great, and I really found myself caring about the main character, teenage Hazel.
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Anna Bongiovanni
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2019
I loved this story and LOVED this artwork. The drawings and watercolor really stand out amongst other comics that I've been reading. There's a lot to chew on in this story and it's def worth reading!
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Wayne A McCoy
3.0 out of 5 stars An interesting story that leaves a lot unresolved, but I think that's ok
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2019
'No Ivy League' with story and art by Hazel Newlevant is a graphic novel based on the author's own experiences with a summer job in Portland.

Hazel is a homeschooler trying to save up money for a concert. When a job shows up to clear ivy from a large park in Portland, she takes it. She finds herself surrounded by other kids from different backgrounds. She wants to fit in, but feels like an outsider. She learns through an incident that this is a group of at-risk youth, and it causes her to check her privilege and see things differently.

I liked this story of learning to get along with others. It has a frankness and honesty that is refreshing. The black and white art works for the story. It's not a story I'd recommend to younger readers due to some of the story content, but it's fine for older teen readers. I feel like there is a lot here, and it doesn't get resolved, but maybe that leaves things open for reflection and discussion. Perhaps the author is still grappling with things that happened.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Lion Forge, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
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