![]() (The publisher provided a digital review copy. It’s a nice portrait of how creativity can give us strength and art can help the artist work through growing up. This is the kind of story many quiet, artistic children will appreciate and perhaps even be inspired by. I haven’t seen a lot of characters like Emmie before, and I found her refreshing. Swapping back and forth between the short chapters keeps the reader involved in the events. In the diary section, the illustrations are cute, particularly with their silly captions, while the comics have minimal backgrounds but plenty of color. Then one day, a note Emmie wrote to her crush - but never intended to deliver - gets misplaced, and Emmie has to deal with being noticed. That’s good for her art, bad for her shyness. Then we switch to comics for the story of Katie, an outgoing student with lots of friends.Įmmie has one best friend, Brianna, but since she’s in the gifted classes, Emmie spends lots of time alone. Going to school makes her nervous and uncomfortable. She’s not popular, not an outcast, just quiet, and she likes to draw. Specifications Dimensions (Overall): 8.2 Inches (H) x 5.8 Inches (W) x. It combines the illustrated diary format with comics to contrast different approaches to middle school.Įmmie is a regular, everyday kid. Terri Libenson’s Invisible Emmie does something fun with the concept, though. There’s nothing wrong with kids reading them, but I don’t care for them being promoted as comics. She lives in Cleveland, Ohio.As long-time readers know, I’m not a big fan of the illustrated diary book format. ![]() Terri has a husband, two daughters, and one poodle (all adorable). Terri is the New York Times bestselling author of the Emmie & Friends series and the cartoonist of the award-winning syndicated comic strip The Pajama Diaries (2006–2020). She also knows how wonderful it is when friendships do work out. ![]() But as a mom (and former middle school student in the dark ages), she knows these things happen. Plus don't miss Terri Libenson's You-niquely You: An Emmie & Friends Interactive JournalĪs a Type A perfectionist, Terri Libenson hates to admit that she has any ex-friends. Told in alternating past and present chapters, Becoming Brianna unfolds over the eight months leading up to one eventful day-as well as over the course of the big day itself. This is the story of two totally different girls. Holm, Invisible Emmie is a humorous and surprising debut graphic novel by Terri Libenson, creator of the internationally syndicated, Reuben Award-winning comic strip The Pajama Diaries. ![]() Just Jaime introduces us to two friends, Maya and Jaime, on their last day of seventh grade and just maybe the last day of their friendship if they can’t figure out who is a real friend and who is a frenemy. Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Jennifer L. On the day of the school talent show, the girls’ lives converge in ways more dramatic than either of them could have imagined. In Positively Izzy, we meet Bri, the brain, and Izzy, the dreamer. Invisible Emmie is the story of quiet, shy, artistic Emmie and popular, outgoing, athletic Katie, and how their lives unexpectedly intersect one day, when an embarrassing note falls into the wrong hands. Four full-color graphic-novel hybrid books in the bestselling Emmie & Friends series from award-winning and bestselling author and cartoonist Terri Libenson! A great gift for the middle school graphic novel fan in your life.Ĭrushes. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, 10.
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