Awkward (Berrybrook Middle School #1) in 2016 Hub Reading Challenge

Feb 18, 2016 Amy! rated it it was amazing

Shelves: young-adult, graphic-novels, interesting-heroines, friendship, middle-grade, diverse-characters, yalsa-hub-challenge-2016, zzz2016-women-authors

SO CUTE. I really enjoyed this story about the rivalry between Science Club and Art Club. The art is adorable, and I love how different all the characters are. It's pretty great. ...more

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Jan 30, 2016 Elisabeth rated it it was amazing

Shelves: kids, all-time-favorites, fiction, comics-graphic-novels, 2016

"There are bad people who hurt others for fun and there are good people who do it by accident."

What a completely sweet and adorable book! I almost wish I could go back and redo middle school, but only if it were Berrybrook and only if Peppi, Jaime, and everyone else were there. I'm going to recommend Awkward to everyone I know. ...more

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Feb 03, 2016 Heydi Smith rated it liked it

Shelves: graphic-novels

A sweet, heart-warming tale. I liked it much more than I thought I would. My favorite character was Jaime and I really wanted to get to know him more.
I loved the rules presented in this book:
"Cardinal rule #1 for surviving school: Don't get noticed by mean kids. Cardinal rule #2: Seek out groups with similar interests and join them. Cardinal rule #3: Build. Build things. Build friendships. Build yourself. Bit by little bit. It may feel like you're not adding that much... but in the end, it will ...more

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Apr 24, 2016 Afriendlylibrarian rated it really liked it

Shelves: graphic-novels, young-adult, friendship, great-graphic-novels, science, art

Things I enjoyed seeing in this graphic novel: Diversity in ability, culture, gender, and race.

Geocache for the win
Female science teacher is a woman of color
Mother in wheelchair is an artist and active parent
Akilah, the staff reporter wearing her hijab
Fusion of art and science

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Jan 25, 2016 Julie Trapp rated it really liked it

Very cute story. Represented tween awkwardness so well. The conflicts between the art & science clubs was real. The characters & situations were believable. Something is happening this year with the GN choices. Either I am liking them better over the years or the choices are getting better. I still think manga is dreadful tho.

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Feb 06, 2016 Abbey rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ya, hub-challenge-2016, graphic-novel

Okay, so this book is adorable. It totally captures that feeling of knowing you did something wrong and knowing what you need to do about it but not being able to get over the embarrassment enough to follow through. Plus all of the artwork is delightful.

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