(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. Emmie feels left out at home (shes an 'oops baby') and at school (she describes herself as quiet, awkward, and 'flat as a pancake'). She also curates the Graphic Novel collection for the NYC DOE Citywide Digital Library. This is the kind of story many quiet, artistic children will appreciate and perhaps even be inspired by. Parents need to know that Invisible Emmie is a graphic novel about two very different middle-school girls: one self-conscious and insecure, the other confident and popular. ISBN 9780062484949 (Audio book version) PBK, 12.99. 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. It combines the illustrated diary format with comics to contrast different approaches to middle school.Įmmie is a regular, everyday kid. This is the story of two totally different girls- quiet, shy, artistic Emmie popular, outgoing, athletic Katie -and how their lives unexpectedly. 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. Terri Libenson’s Invisible Emmie does something fun with the concept, though. Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Jennifer L. It is also about having the courage to express yourself. It mainly focuses on Emmie, who flies under the radar, but still desires to be heard. It stars Emmie and Katie, two seemingly opposite girls. There’s nothing wrong with kids reading them, but I don’t care for them being promoted as comics. Invisible Emmie is the first book in the drama-filled world of Emmie & Friends. As long-time readers know, I’m not a big fan of the illustrated diary book format.
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