Girlmode
Girlmode by Magdalene Visaggio is a graphic novel published by HarperCollins Publishers in 2024, featuring 224 pages in English. The story follows Phoebe Zito, a recently transitioned girl navigating her identity while trying to blend in at her new high school in Los Angeles. As she grapples with her relationships, including a distant mother and a father adjusting to her transition, Phoebe seeks to understand who she is amidst external expectations.
Readers will find a humorous and poignant exploration of social issues related to identity and friendship. The narrative centers on Phoebe’s evolving relationship with Mackenzie Ishikawa, a confident peer who becomes her ally in the complexities of high school life. As Phoebe learns to embrace her true self, she confronts the challenges of authenticity and the potential heartbreak that comes with it. This edition presents a thoughtful look at the intersection of social dynamics and personal growth within the context of teen and young adult literature.
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A 2025 Lambda Award Finalist and named one of the Best Books of 2024 by Kirkus!
A recently transitioned girl tries to figure out who she is–while trying to manage who everyone else wants her to be–in this funny, unexpected, and affecting new graphic novel from Eisner-nominated writer Magdalene Visaggio and artist Paulina Ganucheau.
The last thing Phoebe Zito wants is to be noticed. The newest kid at Sally Ride High School, newly arrived in Los Angeles, and newly transitioned, she’s just trying to blend in while she figures out exactly who she is. But with her mom checked out, her dad still adjusting to having a daughter, and no guidebook on how to be a girl, that isn’t going to be easy.
Enter Mackenzie Ishikawa. She’s the girl who all girls want to be, and all the boys want to be with–and, Mackenzie has decided, Phoebe’s new best friend. Mackenzie knows what it takes to survive and thrive as a girl in high school, most of all that no matter who Phoebe wants to be, or who she wants to date, she’s going to need someone having her back.
Phoebe soon realizes what Mackenzie knows too well: Being true to yourself is going to mean breaking some hearts. But as Phoebe discovers what kind of girl she is–and what kind of girl everyone around her thinks she’s supposed to be–she worries one of those hearts will be her own.
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