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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
I sold many copies of this book at my book fair last fall and the demand for it to be in the library has been great. I have heard mixed reviews so I wanted to check it out for myself. I have never been a huge fan of graphic novels but this one isn't bad. If you are a member if a family, you will be able to relate to this story. It tells the story of a three week trip to a family reunion. It was a sweet story that left me wanting a little more at the end.
Wow.
I love this story so much, it almost makes me cry.
Almost.
It's a simple story. A mom, her two daughters and one son drive from San Francisco to Colorado Springs for a family reunion. Dad flies out separately.
There's road tripping and camping, something predominant in my own childhood. There's family fighting, there's a Walkman, there are Strawberry Shortcake dolls and cousins who are too cool and too many little children running around. There's a rogue snake and Dinosaur National Monument. There's the tension between sisters as one grows up but the other matures, as one gets her own room and the other gets stuck with the little brother, as one tunes out the world and the other is overwhelmed by all the things in the world.
I recognized everything. Every little thing. I'll bet I could even find the house in Colorado Springs where Aunt Mary and cousin Lindsey lived.
This is a middle grade (juvenile) graphic novel about a girl who is in the summer between middle school and high school, who is bothered by her family, and who doesn't really pay attention to what's going on around her. It's also about her sister.
Despite it taking place in the late 80's and early 90's, it's still accessible to people in this stage of transition as well as to oldest and middle siblings. It would probably be pretty enjoyable to their parents, too.
If my sister were on Goodreads, I'd recommend this to her. Actually, I'll probably just buy her a copy. She'll love it as much as I.
I love this story so much, it almost makes me cry.
Almost.
It's a simple story. A mom, her two daughters and one son drive from San Francisco to Colorado Springs for a family reunion. Dad flies out separately.
There's road tripping and camping, something predominant in my own childhood. There's family fighting, there's a Walkman, there are Strawberry Shortcake dolls and cousins who are too cool and too many little children running around. There's a rogue snake and Dinosaur National Monument. There's the tension between sisters as one grows up but the other matures, as one gets her own room and the other gets stuck with the little brother, as one tunes out the world and the other is overwhelmed by all the things in the world.
I recognized everything. Every little thing. I'll bet I could even find the house in Colorado Springs where Aunt Mary and cousin Lindsey lived.
This is a middle grade (juvenile) graphic novel about a girl who is in the summer between middle school and high school, who is bothered by her family, and who doesn't really pay attention to what's going on around her. It's also about her sister.
Despite it taking place in the late 80's and early 90's, it's still accessible to people in this stage of transition as well as to oldest and middle siblings. It would probably be pretty enjoyable to their parents, too.
If my sister were on Goodreads, I'd recommend this to her. Actually, I'll probably just buy her a copy. She'll love it as much as I.
4.5ish. This book brought back so many feels considering I read her debut Smile in elementary school.
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
fast-paced
It was súper fun and I loved how they would mention something and then show a flashback of what they said like the pets flashback and the flashback of why Raina wanted a new sister. It’s just amazing how much it tells you in a very little amount of text and dialogue. Just wow.
Sisters, the follow-up to Telgemeier's Smile, is a harder graphic novel to pin down than its predecessor. Because Smile focused on a painful and difficult but ultimately cosmetic and non-life-threatening medical issue, it felt like a warm blanket. Smile evoked those sick days where you stayed home from school and watched cartoons all day. Sisters, by contrast, focuses on how members of a family get on each other's nerves, how living in close quarters to one another drives even people who love each other to distraction. Sisters is therefore a slightly darker, less nostalgia-tinged work than the first book. It is still a fine graphic novel, but one that I do not see myself turning to for comfort.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
I love this book, Raina Telgemeier is one my favorite graphic novels authors, her memoirs are so interesting, I have a similar relationship with my sister as her and Amara do and it's nice to read about someone else perspective in a similar state
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
I liked this graphic novel but not as much as I liked Smile. Could relate to many of Raina's feelings about her younger sister, especially since I shared a room with my younger sister too. Love her writing & illustrating style
I flew through this and then my eight-year-old daughter saw me reading it and took over. I never knew we could read a graphic novel together, but it was a blast. She gives it four stars. I'm thinking 3.5.
