Language: PG (8 swears, 0 F); Mature Content: PG (death, cutting); Violence: G
BUYING ADVISORY: MS - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: MANY
Theo loses his best friend to cancer and his his world turns upside down. Literally. In this Flip Side, houses are upside down and he has to navigate this foreign place alone, excpept that there is a presence there that he has to escape. This presence tells him all the the horrible things he's thinking, but it threatens to destroy him unless he can get away. Theo finds help with a snarky but troubled girl named Emma, who has been there longer than he has. Together they try to find a way out.
The art is well done and in dark tones, reflecting the grief and despair of the book. The thoughts the monster in the book sends to Theo and Emma are the despairing thoughts that teens experience all too often, so it will resonate with many. The book explores the death of a friend and how to take on grief and depression, if only a baby step at a time. Intriguing plot premise that the author draws from his own loss for. If you haven't gone through loss, it will build empathy, and if you have, you can relate. Theo is Latino, his friend Black, and Emma, White.
Michelle in the Middle
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