Las Malvadas de la Escuela Secundaria

Junior High Drama

by Louise Simonson, Sumin Cho (Illustrations)

Lilly wants to hang out with the popular girls, so when queen bee Tania invites Lilly to her birthday party, she can't wait. What she doesn't realize is that Tania is hoping to go through Lilly to get to her cute older brother, Hank. When Tania's plan fails, she blames Lilly, making her life a nightmare. Will Lilly survive the mean queens of middle school? Strong themes of character education and a diverse cast of characters make this Junior High Drama story an excellent choice for libraries. Fully translated Spanish text.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Middle Grade

64 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2020

About the author

Louise Simonson (born Mary Louise Alexander and formerly credited as Louise Jones, when married to artist Jeff Jones) is an American comic book writer and editor. She is best known for her work on comic book titles such as Power Pack, X-Factor, New Mutants, Superman, and Steel. She is sometimes referred to by the nickname "Weezie".

Since 1980 she is married to comic book writer and artist Walter Simonson

Reviews

[Hayden]

Bullies are toxic.

[Lucia]

Loved it!

[Candy C]

This book was a little bit predictable, but not too, which was nice. However, I feel that the bullying issue was not tackled all that effectively by the protagonist, her friends, her schools or the school administrators. This lessened the effectiveness of the anti-bullying message the book was trying to convey.