Monday, September 11, 2023

Picture Day by Sarah Sax - ADVISABLE

Picture Day: (The Brinkley Yearbooks #1) 
by Sarah Sax, 278 pages. GRAPHIC NOVEL Random House Graphic, 2023 $21 

Language: G (0 swears 0 'f'); Mature Content: G; Violence: G 

BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - ADVISABLE 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE 

7th grader Viv is sick and tired of the safe braid her mom always makes her wear, so on picture day she takes the scissors into her own hands for an avant garden haircut. After the disaster is soothed out, Viv finds others who want her help being brave and soon her best friends are wondering if they will be left behind. Viv has to figure out what is really important to her. 

Some times friends stay together as they grow, other times they break apart. Sax shows a friend group that finds that they still have room for each other, even though they all have changes on some ways. Readers who like Telgemeier, LIbenson, Hale will also enjoy this new author/illustrator offering. The ethnicities of the characters are indeterminate, though they are drawn in various colors. 

Cindy, Library Teacher, LMS 

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