Genre: Graphic Novel
Honors: None Found
Review: In this black and white illustrated novel Shira, 16-year old girl, attends a Jewish High School in Miami Beach, Florida. She has a lot of trouble fitting in and spends most of her free time with her grandmother, and her elderly, yet spunky best friend Minerva. Shiras’s already difficult life becomes more problematic when her father starts dating his secretary and shows no patience or understanding towards his daughter and her feelings about the relationship. As an outlet for her frustrations Shira starts shoplifting and spending romantic time with a young man from Spain named Rafael. Sadly, Shira's father dismisses his daughter's emotional difficulties and decides to marry his girlfriend and move Shira away from her home and her grandmother and Minerva. Shira's story will resonates with teenagers and the relationship between Shira and her father will engage teens that also feel misunderstood by their parents.
Opinion: This was high-quality graphic novel with an interesting story.
Ideas: This is a great graphic novel to recommend to teen girls that have difficulty getting into Manga because it reads left to right and follows the formula of a problem novel.
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