| International Standard Book Number |
9781668217795
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781668217771
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| International Standard Book Number |
1668217775
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
741.5
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| Personal Name |
Wilson, Emil, author, illustrator.
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| Title Statement |
The nightingales / by Emil Wilson.
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| Edition Statement |
First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
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| Imprint |
?20
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| Imprint |
New York, NY : Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, LLC, 2026
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| Physical Description |
xvi, 394 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26
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| General Note |
"Based on a true story..." -- Back cove
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| General Note |
"This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental"--Colopho
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| Summary, Etc. |
Set in Oregon in 1985, this graphic novel follows seventeen-year-old Lou Miller and her family's unexpected friendship with Jim, her father's coworker who moves into their home after losing his apartment. Jim is living with AIDS, and his arrival creates tension within the family while Lou develops a close friendship with him. Their relationship affects Lou's understanding of loss, compassion, and her own future. The story is based on the author's family's experience
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Wilson, Emil Comic books, strips, et
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Wilson, Emil Comic books, strips, et
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Families Comic books, strips, et
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Families Comic books, strips, et
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Friendship Comic books, strips, et
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Friendship Comic books, strips, et
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Coming of age Comic books, strips, et
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Teenage girls Comic books, strips, et
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Teenage girls Comic books, strips, et
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Nineteen eighties Comic books, strips, et
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Gay men Comic books, strips, et
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AIDS (Disease) Patients Comic books, strips, et
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
AIDS (Disease) Patients Comic books, strips, et
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Oregon Comic books, strips, et
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Oregon Comic books, strips, et
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographical comics.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Comics (Graphic works)
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Coming-of-age comics.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Graphic novels.
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Historical comics.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Queer comics.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Social issue comics.
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| Added Entry, Corporate Name |
Simon and Schuster, Inc., publishe
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