This is a graphic novel that has been getting a lot of buzz lately. I think it deserves it. The metaphors in the artwork are great and the detail in them is amazing. The story is one that adolescents easily identify with, with concerns of identity, moving, friendships, first love and your purpose in life.
Paige Turner moves to Brooklyn with her parents in the middle of her high school years. She meets a new group of friends that has her pushing her artistic boundaries, but she is constantly questioning herself and wondering if she is good enough. Not only does she discover that she is good enough, but her artistic endeavors actually out-pace that of her friends causing some disturbance in the group. Along the way, she discovers who she is and what she loves and even falls in love with one of the members of her group.
Definitely to be suggested to kids who are struggling with their own identity and purpose, but I would reserve it for older readers as there is talk about relationships in a more candid mature manner.
Interest level: YA Reading level: YA
Genre: Graphic Novel, friendship, realistic fiction
Comparable titles: Friends with Boys, Anya's Ghost, Persepolis, Smile
Book Connections: Art journals, Drawing Telephone, Agents of Whimsy art assignments
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