{"id":40433,"date":"2020-10-16T16:43:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T20:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=40433"},"modified":"2020-10-16T16:53:45","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T20:53:45","slug":"new-book-spotlight-bloom-by-kevin-panetta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2020\/10\/new-book-spotlight-bloom-by-kevin-panetta\/","title":{"rendered":"New Book Spotlight: Bloom by Kevin Panetta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2020\/10\/new-book-spotlight-bloom-by-kevin-panetta\/bloom_cover\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40435\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-40435\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bloom_Cover.jpg\" alt=\"image from graphic novel bloom by kevin panetta\" width=\"506\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bloom_Cover.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bloom_Cover-232x141.jpg 232w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bloom_Cover-768x466.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><em>The New Book Spotlight highlights new-to-us titles in the the UC College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services (CECH) Library<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bloom \/ written by Kevin Panetta ; artwork by Savanna Ganucheau \/ 2019<\/p>\n<p>In this contemporary graphic novel, <em>Bloom<\/em> tells the story of love, friendship, family, and baking. As Ari reaches the end of high school with dreams of moving to the city, he is eventually left working at his family\u2019s bakery for the summer. When Hector ends up working there, the two develop a connection that spans friendship, love, and ultimately self discovery. <em>Bloom <\/em>perfectly captures that feeling of uncertainty with what the future holds along with these pivotal experiences that we have all felt and struggled with. A light yet impactful read, <em>Bloom<\/em> hits the exact mark of reality for that transitional period between leaving your teenage years and growing into adulthood. Panetta does not shy away from the real and natural road bumps of life; <em>Bloom<\/em> is an excellent coming-of-age novel with stunning illustrations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uclid.uc.edu\/record=b6974276~S39\"><em>Bloom<\/em> is available from CECH Library<\/a>,\u00a0 as well as the OhioLINK, and Search Ohio lending networks.<\/p>\n<p>Review by Alyssa Gruich, CECH Library Student Assistant | Political Science, A&amp;S 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Book Spotlight highlights new-to-us titles in the the UC College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services (CECH) Library Bloom \/ written by Kevin Panetta ; artwork by Savanna Ganucheau \/ 2019 In this contemporary graphic novel, Bloom &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2020\/10\/new-book-spotlight-bloom-by-kevin-panetta\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":417,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,13],"tags":[1815,1953,1954,1306],"class_list":["post-40433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cech","category-uclibraries","tag-cech","tag-graphic-novel","tag-new-book-spotlight","tag-new-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/417"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}