TY - BOOK AU - Samancı,OÌzge TI - Dare to disappoint: growing up in Turkey SN - 9780374316983 (paperback) AV - NX565.Z9 S26 2015 U1 - 700.92B 23 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Farrar, Straus and Giroux KW - Samancı, OÌzge, KW - Artists KW - Turkey KW - Juvenile literature KW - Biography KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / General KW - bisacsh KW - JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Art KW - JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage KW - History KW - 1960- KW - Graphic novels KW - gsafd N1 - "Margaret Ferguson Books."; Accelerated Reader AR; UG; 4.1; 2.0; 179415 N2 - "As a child in Izmir, Turkey in the 1980 and 90s, Ozge Samanci watched as her country struggled between its traditional religious heritage and the new secular westernized world of brand-name products and television stars. In Ozge's own family, she struggled to figure out the place where she belonged, too. Her older sister was a perfect student, and her dad hoped Ozge would study hard, go to good schools, and become an engineer to find stability in their country's uncertain economic climate. But Ozge was a dreamer and wanted adventure. Could she be a scuba diver like Jacques Costeau? Or should she become a world-famous actress? This touching memoir shows how Ozge dared to overcome both her family and her country's expectations to find happiness by being an artist"-- ER -