{"product_id":"taproot-a-story-about-a-gardener-and-a-ghost-paperback","title":"Taproot: A Story about a Gardener and a Ghost - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKeezy Young\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It's a pleasure to lose yourself in the beautiful artwork, and one of the loveliest queer romances I've ever read.\" -- K. O'Neil, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tea Dragon Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlue has been living as a ghost for a year when he meets Hamal, a beautiful and sweet gardener who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts. Together, their friendship develops into something more, but being a ghost, Blue can never truly be connected with Hamal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Blue realizes Hamal's strange ability may be putting him in danger, Blue has to find a way to protect him--even if it means leaving him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eRainbow Book List Best Graphic Novel of 2017\u003cbr\u003e Powell's Books Best of 2017\u003cbr\u003e The Advocate's Best LGBTQ Graphic Novel of 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeezy Young is a queer comic artist and illustrator from the Pacific Northwest, currently in Seattle, WA. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e They grew up drawing on their walls, stealing a few extra chapters by nightlight after bedtime, making graveyards for lost animals in the forest with their brother and sister, and adding monsters and flowers to the margins of every homework assignment. Any opportunity to con their teachers into letting them illustrate a book report instead of writing one was taken. Although their art is self-taught, they credit Digimon, Hiromu Arakawa, Trina Schart Hyman, Arthur Rackham, and Studio Ghibli as important influences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Today, Keezy writes, draws, and designs their own young adult comics. Their stories are cute, eerie, and often dark, but almost always hopeful at their core. Their work is character-focused, and they use action, romance, and mystery to explore LGBTQIA characters and themes, since those are the stories they always looked for growing up, but could rarely find.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46083208478917,"sku":"9781637150733","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/9727\/0469\/files\/9Lk-8ItVat9781637150733.webp?v=1776096438","url":"https:\/\/openbookgarden.com\/products\/taproot-a-story-about-a-gardener-and-a-ghost-paperback","provider":"open book garden","version":"1.0","type":"link"}