Grace Needs Space by Benjamin A. Wilgus and Rii Abrego - OPTIONAL

Grace Needs Space by Benjamin A. Wilgus, illustrated by Rii Abrego, 204 pages. GRAPHIC NOVEL RH Graphic (Random House). 2023. 22. 

Language: G (0 swears) Mature Content: G Violence: G 

BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - OPTIONAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE 

12yo Grace can hardly wait to fly off into space with her fun mom, Kendra, and leave her boring mom, Evelyn, behind on her home space station. Unfortunately, the trip isn't everything Grace had hoped for because Kendra is so busy with work that Grace feels lonely and left out. 

 The art is nice and the story is easy to follow. Very much a family relationship story. There were so many pages establishing the fact that Grace was lonely, there wasn't much else in the plot. The space idea is intriguing, but the storyline could have been set anywhere. No set race or culture is mentioned, but Grace and Evelyn have brown skin tones and Kendra is paler with red hair. 

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