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papaya sald is elisa macellari's debut graphic novel. it is based on a true story about her great-uncle, sompong, who found himself in europe on military scholarship on the eve of WW2.

4/5. reading this definitely gives me a perspective of war and reminds me of my grandmother/grandfather's stories about how they live back then which are always so new & interesting for me whenever i listen to them. i find that in elisa's graphic novel too - its very personal and i love how her illustrations also brilliantly captures the life of sompong and his memories.

i would say that this is one of the debut graphic novels that i really enjoyed. her hard work and dedication to put this up in 223 pages in total is so admirable and inspiring and definitely worth mentioning for. i'll be looking forward to more of her works!

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emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

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adventurous reflective fast-paced

3.5

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4.0

There are so many wonderful things about this book I don’t even know where to start, the bright pink edges of the pages, the gorgeous illustrations, the ingredients of papaya salad listed one at a time as “chapter” breaks, the story etc. highly suggest

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4.0

I chose this book while walking at the library because of the illustrations and the striking edge of the book. It has inspired a few of my drawings now! Thank you for that. The story is most touching and I really enjoyed it. Happily surprised with my discovery of this book.

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