Libenson's clever tale will entertain readers in the throes of middle school as well as younger students both wary of and intrigued by their near future. The more visible (and satisfyingly confident and outspoken) Emmie becomes, the less visible Katie becomes, until she completely disappears-a no-longer-needed coping mechanism that existed only in Emmie's imagination and drawings. Both text and illustrations contain appropriately kidlike descriptions of her social anxiety (a "squeezy feeling in my stomach") along with humorous examples of the various horrors of middle school (an illustration shows a spotlight shining on Emmie as she changes clothes for gym class). When a classmate finds a note Emmie wrote about the boy she likes and shares it with everyone, Emmie goes from feeling completely invisible to feeling embarrassingly visible, with all her classmates staring and laughing at her. Emmie loves to draw and fills her narration with amusingly labeled doodles, while Katie's story is told comic-style. The main narrative follows a day in the life of super-shy seventh grader Emmie, who rarely speaks to a soul at school occasional sections follow "Katie," super-popular and impossibly perfect (she gets straight As, her parents have never embarrassed her, and everyone wants to be her BFF). All the crushes, humiliations, boredom, and drama of middle school are compressed into one surprising day in this extraordinary novel. Many readers will recognize themselves in Emmie and her friends, who are at once self-conscious and eager to be seen for who they are. Emmie & Friends 4-Book Box Set (Invisible Emmie/ Positively Izzy/Just Jaime/Becoming Brianna) Positively Izzy, we meet Bri, the brain, and Izzy, the dreamer. This is the story of two totally different girls quiet, shy, artistic Emmie popular, outgoing, athletic Katie and how their lives unexpectedly intersect one day, when an embarrassing note falls into the wrong hands. Following the discovery of the love note, Katie comes to Emmie's defense, comforts her, and encourages her to stand up for herself. Inevitably, Emmie drops hers, and it is found and circulated by the obnoxious class clown. Or text." To amuse themselves during lunch in the chaotic cafeteria, Emmie and her best (and only) friend Bri compose gushy love notes to their secret crushes. Emmie & Friends 4-Book Box Set: Invisible Emmie, Positively Izzy, Just Jaime, Becoming Brianna by Terri Libenson Paperback 51. In homeroom, she notices "that quiet girl. The Choir Invisible ' is a fine achievePrice Six Shillings each. Interspersed between the illustrated chapters are comics-style panels featuring Katie, a pretty, popular, friendly, confident girl also going through the same middle school day. New Volume plain English, a beautiful book - beautiful in language and Crown. She copes by disappearing into her drawing notebook. This is the story of two totally different girls- quiet, shy, artistic Emmie popular, outgoing, athletic. Holm, Invisible Emmie is a humorous and surprising debut graphic novel by Terri Libenson, creator of the internationally syndicated, Reuben Award-winning comic strip The Pajama Diaries. Gr 5–8-Readers follow a day in the life of Emmie, a shy, quiet eighth grader, as she scrambles to finish her homework, dreads gym class, and navigates hallways full of gossipy girls and spitty boys. Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Jennifer L.
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