Pedro and Me
Appearance
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Author | Judd Winick |
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Language | English |
Genre | Autobiographical |
Publisher | Henry Holt and Company/New York |
Publication date | September 2000 |
Publication place | United States |
Pages | 187 |
ISBN | 0-8050-6403-6 |
OCLC | 42429252 |
362.1/969792/0092 21 | |
LC Class | RC607.A26 W5726 2000 |
Pedro and Me is an autobiographical graphic novel by Judd Winick regarding his friendship with AIDS educator Pedro Zamora after the two met while on the reality television series, The Real World: San Francisco. It was published in September 2000.
Awards
Pedro and Me won numerous awards such as:
- GLAAD Media Award for Best Comic Book
- Publisher's Weekly Best Book (2000)
- Bay Area Book Reviewers Award for Best in Children's Literature (2000)
- Eisner Nomination for Best Original Graphic Novel (2000)
- Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award (2001)
- Notable Children's Book Selection, American Library Association (2001)
- American Library Association Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Roundtable Nonfiction Honor book
- YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers
- YALSA Notable Graphic Novels
- Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
- America's Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature Highly Recommended List (Award sponsored by the national Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs—CLASP)
References
- Winick, Judd (2000). Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned. Henry Holt and Company/New York. ISBN 0-8050-6403-6.
External links
Categories:
- 2000 children's books
- 2000 comics debuts
- Autobiographical graphic novels
- The Real World
- Henry Holt and Company books
- Children's non-fiction books
- 2000 graphic novels
- Books about friendship
- LGBT-related graphic novels
- 2000s LGBT literature
- Autobiographical novel stubs
- 2000s historical novel stubs
- 2000s children's novel stubs
- 2000s LGBT novel stubs