Everything you need to understand or teach Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki.
Tamaki and Valero O’Connell’s young adult graphic memoir Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me tells the story of Freddy Riley, a teenager in Berkeley, California who is in love with a woman who keeps breaking up with her. The novel follows Freddy on her quest to figure out what to do about her on-again-off-again relationship. Freddy confronts difficult questions on what kind of relationship she wants, and how to continue to prioritize her friends and other relationships in her life. The novel, drawn in a manga style, explores the themes and motifs of pop culture, relationships, and the politics of queer identities.
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me Lesson Plans contain 117 pages of teaching material, including: