Blue is the Warmest Color
Illustrator
Julie Maroh
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press, Limited
Publication Year
2013
ISBN
9781551525143
Pages
160 pages
Genre
realism
Format
graphic novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Blue is the Warmest Color is a graphic novel about growing up, falling in love, and coming out. Clementine, a high school student, has an average life: she has friends, family, and the romantic attention of the boys in her school. When her openly gay best friend takes her out on the town, she wanders into a lesbian bar where she encounters Emma: a punkish, confident girl with blue hair. Their attraction is instant and electric, and Clementine finds herself in a relationship that will test her friends, parents, and her own ideas about herself and her identity.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Gay/Lesbian; lesbian; lesbian teenager
Main Character
female teenager; female adult
Race/Ethnicities
French
Family Formation
mother and father
LGBTQ+
lesbian females
Awards
Rainbow List, 2014 Graphic Novels
School Library Journal Book Review Stars, 2014 From The Adult Books 4 Teens Blog
USBBY Outstanding International Books, 2014 Grades 9-12
Keywords
LGBTQ youth; French; coming out; artist; love story; death; drug overdose
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Maroh, Julie, "Blue is the Warmest Color" (2013). Diverse Families. 1388.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1388