Books by Kevin Panetta

Bloom

by Delilah S. Dawson, Doreen Cronin, Elizabeth Scott, Ruth Forman, Kevin Panetta

A sweet sapphic romance takes a deadly dark turn in this sharp-as-a-knife novella with the slow build menace of Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber—from a New York Times-bestselling author hailed by Chuck Wendig as "a storyteller working at the top of her class.”

Rosemary meets Ash at the farmers’ market. Ash—precise, pretty, and practically perfect—sells bars of soap in delicate pastel colors, sprinkle-spackled cupcakes stacked on scalloped stands, beeswax candles, jelly jars of honey, and glossy green plants.
Ro has never felt this way about another woman; with Ash, she wants to be her and have her in equal measure. But as her obsession with Ash consumes her, she may find she’s not the one doing the devouring…
Told in lush, delectable prose, this is a deliciously dark tale of passion taking an unsavory turn...

Bloom

by Delilah S. Dawson, Doreen Cronin, Elizabeth Scott, Ruth Forman, Kevin Panetta

There's a difference between falling and letting go.

Lauren has a good life: decent grades, great friends, and a boyfriend every girl lusts after. So why is she so unhappy?

It takes the arrival of Evan Kirkland for Lauren to figure out the answer: She's been holding back. She's been denying herself a bunch of things (like sex) because staying with her loyal and gorgeous boyfriend, Dave, is the "right" thing to do. After all, who would give up the perfect boyfriend?

But as Dave starts talking more and more about their life together, planning a future Lauren simply can't see herself in -- and as Lauren's craving for Evan, and moreover, who she is with Evan becomes all the more fierce -- Lauren realizes she needs to make a choice...before one is made for her.

Bloom

by Delilah S. Dawson, Doreen Cronin, Elizabeth Scott, Ruth Forman, Kevin Panetta

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Doreen Cronin and Caldecott Medal–winning illustrator David Small comes a picture book about how an extraordinary “ordinary” girl can save a kingdom with the help of a mud fairy.

A glass kingdom is no place for a Mud Fairy. Bloom and her mud fairy magic might be able to turn weeds into flowers and spin sand into glass, but the people of the kingdom ceaselessly complain about the trails of dirt and puddles of mud that seem to follow her every step, and finally they cast her out.

But when the glass castle begins to crack, then cracks some more, the King and Queen in a panic search for the long-banished fairy, but they can’t find Bloom anywhere. Desperate to save their home, they send their meekest, most ordinary subject, a girl named Genevievewhose sole task until now has been to polish the Queen’s crystal sugar spoon—to coax any worthy fairy to come and save the kingdom. Genevieve finds Bloom exactly where the king and queen failed to see her, and Bloom knows exactly how to save the kingdom. But it will take the two girls working together, along with a mighty dollop of self-confidence—and some very messy hands—to accomplish the extraordinary.

Bloom

by Delilah S. Dawson, Doreen Cronin, Elizabeth Scott, Ruth Forman, Kevin Panetta

From the author of Curls and Glow comes a joyfully poetic board book that delivers an ode to African American girls as naturally beautiful in our human garden.

those girls bloom
these do too

we bloom like flowers
how about you?

Introduce young readers to the idea of self-love in a simple, playful rhythm with this luminous story where each little girl is as unique and beautiful as a blossoming flower.

Bloom

by Delilah S. Dawson, Doreen Cronin, Elizabeth Scott, Ruth Forman, Kevin Panetta

Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band―if he can just persuade his dad to let him quit his job at their struggling family bakery. Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away over rising dough and hot ovens. But while interviewing candidates for his replacement, Ari meets Hector, an easygoing guy who loves baking as much as Ari wants to escape it. As they become closer over batches of bread, love is ready to bloom . . . that is, if Ari doesn’t ruin everything.

Writer Kevin Panetta and artist Savanna Ganucheau concoct a delicious recipe of intricately illustrated baking scenes and blushing young love, in which the choices we make can have terrible consequences, but the people who love us can help us grow.

Bloom

by Delilah S. Dawson, Doreen Cronin, Elizabeth Scott, Ruth Forman, Kevin Panetta

A sweet sapphic romance takes a deadly dark turn in this sharp-as-a-knife novella from the New York Times bestselling author.

Rosemary meets Ash at the farmers’ market. Ash—precise, pretty, and practically perfect—sells bars of soap in delicate pastel colors, sprinkle-spackled cupcakes stacked on scalloped stands, beeswax candles, jelly jars of honey, and glossy green plants. Ro has never felt this way about another woman; with Ash, she wants to be her and have her in equal measure. But as her obsession with Ash consumes her, she may find she’s not the one doing the devouring…

Bloom (Cómic / Comic Book)

by Kevin Panetta

Una historia tan dulce y cálida... como el pan que se hornea.

«Inocente, sin complicaciones e irresistible. La historia se hornea a la perfección: un crush que se convierte en enamoramiento, y más tarde en un gran amor, que tiene como escenario una panadería con hornos calientes, estantes abarrotados y deliciosos postres griegos». -- Los Angeles Review of Books

Ari terminó la preparatoria y está listo para comenzar su vida: mudarse a la gran ciudad, triunfar con su banda ultra cool y, sobre todo, dejar la panadería familiar, si logra convencer a su papá.

Cuando era niño disfrutaba trabajar ahí, pero ahora no se imagina pasar el resto de sus días amasando y horneando, pues lo que quiere es tener historias que contar.

Mientras entrevista a candidatos para reemplazarlo, conoce a Héctor, un chico lindo que ama la panadería tanto como él quiere escapar de ella. Ari y Héctor tienen una química inexplicable que los acerca más y más con cada receta que comparten y con cada charola de pan que sale del horno. El amor está listo para florecer... si es que Ari no lo arruina antes.

Kevin Panetta y Savanna Ganucheau han creado la receta perfecta para una novela gráfica: el primer amor, postres deliciosos, decisiones equivocadas, pero también con lo maravilloso que es encontrar a las personas con quienes crecer se vuelve una aventura increíble.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A story as warm and sweet... as freshly baked bread.

"Innocent, uncomplicated, and irresistible. The story is baked to perfection: a crush that turns into infatuation, and later into a great love, set in a bakery with warm ovens, packed shelves, and delicious Greek pastries." -- Los Angeles Review of Books

Ari has graduated high school and is ready to start his life--move to the big city, make it big with his ultra-cool band, and most of all, leave the family bakery behind, if he can convince his dad.

As a child, he loved working there, but now he can't imagine spending the rest of his life kneading and baking. What he really wants is to have stories to tell.

While interviewing candidates to replace him, he meets Héctor, a charming guy who loves the bakery as much as Ari wants to escape from it. Ari and Héctor have an inexplicable chemistry, bringing them closer with every recipe they share and every tray of bread fresh out of the oven. Love is ready to rise... if Ari doesn't mess it up first.

Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau have created the perfect recipe for a graphic novel: first love, delicious pastries, wrong decisions--but also the wonder of finding the right people, the ones who turn growing up into an incredible adventure.