Goldie Vance, Volume Two
Illustrator
Brittney Williams; Sarah Stern
Publisher
BOOM! Box
Publication Year
2017
ISBN
9781608869749
Pages
112 pages
Genre
historical
Format
graphic novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Sixteen-year-old Marigold “Goldie” Vance lives at a Florida resort with her dad, who manages the place. Her mom, who divorced her dad years ago, works as a live mermaid at a club downtown. Goldie has an insatiable curiosity, which explains her dream to one day become the hotel’s in-house detective. For now she has to settle for helping out the current hotel detective, Walter. When a mysterious astronaut washes up on the beach, Goldie and her best friend Cheryl are on the case! Where did she come from? Where was she going? And what does she want with...Cheryl?
Grade Level
3-5; 6-8
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Divorce; Single parent; Biracial; Interracial; Gay/Lesbian; divorced parent; co-parenting; single father; biracial teenager; interracial parents; lesbian teenager
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Black / White
Family Formation
divorced mother and father
LGBTQ+
lesbian female
Keywords
hotel; resort; detective; Florida; investigation; astronaut; beauty queen; beach; disappearance; friendship
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Larson, Hope, "Goldie Vance, Volume Two" (2017). Diverse Families. 1988.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1988