These books will be greatly appreciated by fans of Scrivan's Nat Enough series, Miller's Click books, and Lloyd's Allergic.As a Type A perfectionist, Terri Libenson hates to admit that she has any ex-friends. The color palette tends toward the pastel, with Mia's sections having more pops of color. Mia's chapters are drawn with more traditional, comic book style panels, while Ruby's are a mixture of text blocks and smaller drawings. There's a good mix of artwork, and hand drawn style of text, which greatly appeals to young readers. Parents can be a source of embarrassment for tweens, but also a good source of support, and it was interesting to see that Ruby's mother eventually has her attend therapy sessions for her emotionally based stomach upsets. I loved seeing Mia's father tell her she had to put her phone downstairs, and enjoyed Ruby's mother's overly enthusiastic interest in her daughter's life. Parents are still a huge part of middle schoolers lives, and they determine so many facets of middle school experiences.
One of the things I like best about these books is the representation of the parents. I'd love to see Trevor or Josh examined, especially since they don't seem to have the same level of trauma in their lives that Mia, Ruby, Emmie, and Brianna seem to have. It's not strictly necessary to read these in order, but it is fun to look back and see where characters like Ruby and Mia appear in the other volumes in smaller roles. Like this author's other books (Invisible Emmie, Positively Izzie, Just Jaime, Becoming Brianna, Truly Tyler), this has a good mix of school, family, and social situations with which the main characters must deal.
#BOOKS LIKE INVISIBLE EMMIE SERIES#
This hybrid illustrated novel/graphic novel series has been very popular with my students who like Raina Telgemeier and Svetlana Chmakova's middle school titles that also showcase the generational anxiety so many students are currently exhibiting. Will the girl be able to reconnect, and get help with their rampant anxiety?
Winn run a poetry program for elementary students instead of serving detention. The two have an altercation, and the principal decides that because of their past history, they can help Mrs. During a talent show, Ruby reads a poem that vaguely describes the breakdown of her relationship with Mia, which mortified Mia right before the class election. She even makes a new friend, Leah, and the two hang out together. She's a little uncomfortable, but starts to enjoy herself. Winn, is starting, and even helps to recruit members. Ruby, meanwhile, agrees to join a poetry club that her favorite teacher, Mrs. As the campaign starts to heat up, especially when rumors fly that Josh is trying to bribe people to vote for him, Mia starts to alienate her friends by being obsessed with her campaign and not sharing her concerns with those who care about her. She still has two friends, Keya and Gabi, as well as her boyfriend, Trevor, who is very supportive and also fun to kiss. Mia is running for class president, and is herself incredibly anxious. Mia, who used to be her friend, is completely embarrassed by Ruby and tries hard to avoid her. Her anxiety about life has led her to develop Irritable Bowel Syndrome symptoms, and her clumsiness has occasionally landed her on social media in embarrassing ways.
Ruby is constantly encouraged by her exuberant, artsy mother to get out and do things other than writing poetry in her journal and watering the family plants, but Ruby has fallen out with friends at school and is so uncomfortable in her body that she tries to stay off everyone's radar.
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