It's a wonderfully observed portrait of finding one's place in your world. Her digitally colored ink cartooning pulls substantial emotion out of everyday moments (such as Hale retreating to a playground shrub to cry, only to find another girl already there, doing the same) and the imagination-fueled games Hale was forever devising, presaging her writing career. The carefully honed narration and dialogue give Pham plenty of room to work. Shannon is in eighth grade, and life is more complicated than ever. Hale makes her own flaws evident, and that fairness extends to the bullies in her life, who lash out brutally at times, but whose insecurities and sadness are just as clear. Following up their mega-bestselling Real Friends and Best Friends graphic memoirs, Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with Friends Forever, a story about learning to love yourself exactly as you are. My mom says that's all anyone really needs"), negotiates forever-changing friendship politics, and tries to stay on the good side of her turbulent oldest sister. 197 GUTS by Raina Telgemeier illustrated by Raina Telgemeier RELEASE DATE: Sept. Over five chapters, readers follow a bookish and shy Hale from her earliest days in school through fifth grade, as she zealously guards her first friendship ("One good friend. FRIENDS FOREVER by Shannon Hale illustrated by LeUyen Pham bookshelf With young readers diagnosed with anxiety in ever increasing numbers, this book offers a necessary mirror to many. Hale's childhood struggles with friends and family come to achingly poignant life in this candid graphic memoir.
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