Genre: Middle Grade, Graphic
Source: From my classroom shelves
Usually this book is passed from
student to student and checked out. However, the last student put it into my
book bin to be checked back in and I snagged it. I will tell you from the beginning I am not a
big graphics fan. Every student who has read this has told me I need to read
it. I agree with them, it was great.
This could have been taken right
out of my classroom. I am always hearing students talking about what course is
best. We have those students who will
argue until they are blue, that art is the best subject. Then we have those
students who love the sciences, or math, or English.
The characters face the very
things students new to our school or new to middle school face. They worry
about bullying, making friends, family problems, will their teachers like them
or will they like their teachers. This is what made this book ring true. The
author took a lot of time to flesh out her characters. These are some of the
most diverse characters I have seen in a book.
I loved this book and understand why all the students kept recommending
it to me.
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