Wandering Son Volume 1
by Shimura Takako (Author/Illustrator)
The fifth grade. The threshold to puberty, and the beginning of the end of childhood innocence. Shuichi Nitori and his new friend Yoshino Takatsuki have happy homes, loving families, and are well-liked by their classmates. But they share a secret that further complicates a time of life that is awkward for anyone: Shuichi is a boy who wants to be a girl, and Yoshino is a girl who wants to be a boy.
Volume One introduces our two protagonists and the friends and family whose lives intersect with their own. Yoshino is rudely reminded of her sex by immature boys whose budding interest in girls takes clumsily cruel forms. Shuichi's secret is discovered by Saori, a perceptive and eccentric classmate. And it is Saori who suggests that the fifth graders put on a production of The Rose of Versailles for the farewell ceremony for the sixth graders, with boys playing the roles of women, and girls playing the roles of men.
Recognition: YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens (Top Ten) (2012)
Volume One introduces our two protagonists and the friends and family whose lives intersect with their own. Yoshino is rudely reminded of her sex by immature boys whose budding interest in girls takes clumsily cruel forms. Shuichi's secret is discovered by Saori, a perceptive and eccentric classmate. And it is Saori who suggests that the fifth graders put on a production of The Rose of Versailles for the farewell ceremony for the sixth graders, with boys playing the roles of women, and girls playing the roles of men.
Recognition: YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens (Top Ten) (2012)
Wandering Son Series—Summary and Book Order
Series: Wandering SonReading level: 13+
Books in series: 8
Read in order? Yes
Next release: Finished
Tags: graphic novel illustrated realistic fiction culture school friendship
Print series book list
Books in series order
1. Wandering Son Volume 1 (2011)2. Wandering Son Volume 2 (2012)
3. Wandering Son Volume 3 (2012)
4. Wandering Son Volume 4 (2013)
5. Wandering Son Volume 5 (2013)
6. Wandering Son Volume 6 (2014)
7. Wandering Son Volume 7 (2014)
8. Wandering Son Volume 8 (2015)