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kshertz's review
4.0
Minor: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Homophobia, Murder, and Physical abuse
sjclay122's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, and Homophobia
nbreezy17's review
4.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse
kportalareads's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Death of parent
lettuce_read's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Bullying, and Grief
Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, and Murder
jessoehrlein's review
3.0
About processing lots of things and how those impact middle school kids: past family trauma, death in the family, poverty, being gay (and especially being a more femme boy).
Graphic: Death of parent, Bullying, and Homophobia
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Death
betweentheshelves's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
One of the things that felt most authentic to me for this book was Damian's journey to discovering that he likes boys instead of girls. Throughout the book, he constantly talks about ways he's different than the other boys in his class, but it's not until middle school that he really realizes that he has different romantic feelings, too. There's alos a positive representation of therapy, and Damian finally gets the help that he needs.
Overall, this is an effective graphic novel that would definitely have a home on any school or library shelf.
Graphic: Cancer, Bullying, Death of parent, and Homophobia
Moderate: Grief
gabrielab's review against another edition
Graphic: Homophobia, Death of parent, and Cancer