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mandallin's review
so sweet!!! and so real… cory making typos while searching up videos reached me deeply in my soul
z_brarian's review
5.0
A fun and colorful GN about friendship, dance crews, yoyoing and acceptance. This one is going to fly off my shelves!
thenextgenlibrarian's review
4.0
Fun, colorful with lots of yo-yo tricks that students are going to love!
rdyourbookcase's review
4.0
Galligan captured the energy of dancing, but I wanted to know more about what the routine looked like. I think this would make a great streaming show/movie, but it came up short as a graphic novel. The lessons about friendship were great and young readers will identify perfectly with the pressures that family can put on students. I enjoyed the art and use of color, but dancing was such a big part of the story and I didn't get enough of that from the images.
jkenna1990's review
4.0
Super cute! I’ve never read a book about break dancing and yo-yoing before so this was a fun one. I loved all the characters although it did seem like there were a lot of them and we didn’t get to know the whole crew. Overall a fun read!
maryhannawilson's review
5.0
Cory is part of a dance crew that is getting ready for their final competition before they graduate 8th grade and go to separate high schools. There is a lot of pressure to make this final dance a fantastic one and their crew captain is becoming intense. There is quite a bit of conflict developing in the group that is made worse when Cory is grounded for his grades and he can't make practice times anymore.
In an effort to help him improve his grades, his parents hire Sunna, a fellow student, to tutor him. While Sunna seems like a boring academic student, Cory soon learns that she is an expert at the yo-yo and he begs her to teach him. Now Cory has to balance his new friendship with his former group of friends as well as his two new hobbies. With the pressure to achieve good grades coming from home as well as the performance pressure coming from his friends, can Cory find a way to balance it all?
This was a popular graphic novel with all of the students in my graphic novel class. While the common themes of friendship and life balance are present in this middle-grade story, the unique addition of yo-yo and dancing as hobbies made it feel fresh and unique.
The illustrations are creative, lively, and well done. There are so many interesting layouts throughout the book and the variety provided great discussion for our class.
Overall, this was a fun story with a group of diverse characters. I highly recommend this one for the tween years.
In an effort to help him improve his grades, his parents hire Sunna, a fellow student, to tutor him. While Sunna seems like a boring academic student, Cory soon learns that she is an expert at the yo-yo and he begs her to teach him. Now Cory has to balance his new friendship with his former group of friends as well as his two new hobbies. With the pressure to achieve good grades coming from home as well as the performance pressure coming from his friends, can Cory find a way to balance it all?
This was a popular graphic novel with all of the students in my graphic novel class. While the common themes of friendship and life balance are present in this middle-grade story, the unique addition of yo-yo and dancing as hobbies made it feel fresh and unique.
The illustrations are creative, lively, and well done. There are so many interesting layouts throughout the book and the variety provided great discussion for our class.
Overall, this was a fun story with a group of diverse characters. I highly recommend this one for the tween years.
mrs_bookdragon's review
5.0
Thank you Scholastic for sharing this graphic novel. The way Gale was able to show break dancing and yo-yoing was AMAZING. I loved the movement in the comic spreads. This will be a favorite.
zbrarian's review
5.0
A fun and colorful GN about friendship, dance crews, yoyoing and acceptance. This one is going to fly off my shelves!
saidtheraina's review
3.0
Kid's dance crew is thirsty to win the break dancing competition this year, because they're all in 8th grade and will split up to go to different high schools next year. Then kid's parents see his grades and ground him - AND insist that he get a tutor, who happens to be his annoying science lab partner.
Spoilerish (though it's on the cover): She's a great yoyo-er! He gets into a new hobby!
Fun J Graphic Novel that will appeal to Raina Telgemeier/realistic GN fans (with a little more edge and action). Galligan took over the Babysitter's Club GNs after Telgemeier moved on, so there's legit DNA crossover. Planning to take this out to middle schools next time I go.
Spoilerish (though it's on the cover): She's a great yoyo-er! He gets into a new hobby!
Fun J Graphic Novel that will appeal to Raina Telgemeier/realistic GN fans (with a little more edge and action). Galligan took over the Babysitter's Club GNs after Telgemeier moved on, so there's legit DNA crossover. Planning to take this out to middle schools next time I go.
bookwyrmjulia's review
5.0
I loved this one! The illustrations are so cute, and I thought the characters depicted 8th grade feelings in a realistic way. A quick read, and a good one.