Jessixa Bagley
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- Maa (karttaa varten)
- USA
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- University of Washington
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- Artist
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- Alexandra Penfold
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- Jessixa Bagley ('x' pronounced like a 'c') is an American artist and picture-book author/illustrator. She grew up in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon, and attended the University of Washington and then Cornish College of the Arts where she graduated in 2004 with a BFA in painting and printmaking. She has worked with publications such as: The Chicago Reader, The Seattle Weekly, The Stranger, Nickelodeon Magazine, and Highlights. In 2007, she was a selected artist for New American Paintings No. 73. In 2009 she received a GAP Grant from the Washington State arts organization Artist Trust for her fine art drawing. Her debut picture-book, Boats for Papa, was released in 2015. The author currently lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband and son. (source: author's website)
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The resolution, in which the girls make up and promise to do better before their bout, and talk honestly with their mom and grandma, feels a little easy, but makes for a hopeful ending.
Each chapter starts with an annotated excerpt from the girls' dad's book on fencing, defining terms such as "right-of-way," salute, en garde, etc.
See also: Twins by Varian Johnson; Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Quotes
"She loves you, honey, it's just hard to see love sometimes when you have a lot of pain in your heart. And the best way to heal that pain is by being there for each other." (Grandma to Lucy, 126)
"It's like we forgot how to be a family without my dad." (Lucy to Sasha, 183)
Facing pages, verso: This is going to change everything.
Recto: Will this even change anything?
(GiGi and Lucy, before the duel/bout, 223)
"I don't know why I can't just be nice to you. I see myself from the outside and I just can't stop." (GiGi to Lucy, 231)… (lisätietoja)