Rose has been coming to a cottage in Awago every summer and meeting her summer friend , Windy , as long as she can remember . Rose is about eighteen months older than Windy and is the narrator of the story . This summer , they start to explore their interest in boys and pay attention to the emotional lives of adults around them . Most of the adults and teenagers in the village ( and in their families ) are a " rogues ' gallery of sad and burnt-out would-be role models . " Jodi Chromey from Minnesota Reads called the art , which is done all in shades of blue , " gorgeous . " The '' Horn Book Magazine '' states that Jillian Tamaki 's " rigorously composed , kinetic drawings teem with psychological nuance and action . " '' Kirkus Reviews '' wrote that " Jillian and Mariko skillfully portray the emotional ups and downs of a girl on the cusp of adolescence . " '' This One Summer '' won both a 2015 Printz Honor and Caldecott Honor award . It also won the 2015 Eisner Award and the 2014 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel . According to '' The New York Times '' , the book is a graphic novel for fans of coming-of-age stories with more complex themes and is a lovely book
Printz Honor
Michael L. Printz Award
This One Summer