McNeil Island in Washington state was the home of the last prison island in the
United States, accessible only by air or sea. It was also home to about fifty f
amilies, including Colleen Frake s. Her parents like nearly everyone else on the
island both worked in the prison, where her father was the prison s captain and
her mother worked in security. In this engaging graphic memoir, a Xeric and Ign
atz Award-winning comics artist, Colleen Frakes, tells the story of a typical gi
rl growing up in atypical circumstances."
