Pedro and Me

Pedro and Me:
Friendship, Loss and What I Learned

Book front cover
Author	Judd Winick
Language	English
Genre	Autobiographical
Publisher	Henry Holt and Company/New York
Publication date	September 2000
Publication place	United States
Pages	187
ISBN	0-8050-6403-6
OCLC	42429252
Dewey Decimal	362.1/969792/0092 21
LC Class	RC607.A26 W5726 2000

Pedro and Me is an autobiographical graphic novel by Judd Winick regarding his friendship with AIDS educator Pedro Zamora after the two met while on the reality television series The Real World: San Francisco. It was published in September 2000.

Awards

Pedro and Me won numerous awards such as:

• GLAAD Media Award for Best Comic Book
• Publishers Weekly Best Book (2000)
• Bay Area Book Reviewers Award for Best in Children's Literature (2000)
• Eisner Nomination for Best Original Graphic Novel (2000)
• Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award (2001)
• Notable Children's Book Selection, American Library Association (2001)
• American Library Association Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Roundtable Nonfiction Honor book
• YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers
• YALSA Notable Graphic Novels
• Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
• America's Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature Highly Recommended List (Award sponsored by the national Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs—CLASP)

References

• Winick, Judd (2000). Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned. Henry Holt and Company/New York. ISBN 0-8050-6403-6.

External links

• Rational Magic review of book
• Comics Bulletin review of book