 | Growing pangs Author: Ormsbee, Kathryn | |
| Price: $10.65 | ||
Summary:
Eleven-year-old homeschooled Katie experiences the ups and downs of growing up and 6th grade--from bad haircuts and friendship breakups to new experiences, new friends, and a new understanding of her OCD. In graphic novel format.
| Illustrator: | Brooks, Molly |
| Glendining, Bex | |
| Schuenke, Elise |
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG Reading Level: 3.00 Points: 1.0 Quiz: 516887 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (03/15/22)
School Library Journal (00/06/22)
Booklist (+) (05/15/22)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/03/22)
The Hornbook (00/07/22)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 05/15/2022 *Starred Review* Katie and Kasey are BFFs to the max—they both love musicals, they read the same books, they even share a special best friend necklace that’s not like anyone else’s. It’s when they both go away to summer camp that the trouble begins. Kasey is not amused when Katie begins making new friends. And Katie begins to hear buzzing noises in her head that manifest when she’s anxious. Signified by bees buzzing around her head, the anxiety only dissipates if she taps her fingers, unties and reties her shoelaces, or does what the bees otherwise tell her to do. Compounding the anxiety she feels at her changing relationship with Kasey is worry about getting braces, landing a part in a play, and an upcoming operation. When people begin to notice her tics, her fear of being called a weirdo only makes things worse. This thoughtfully told semi-autobiographical account never trivializes obsessive compulsive disorder, nor does it make mental illness into a bogeyman. The story stays true to this child’s experience, and the art, with its many levels of perspective, gives equal attention to the high points of Katie’s life while skillfully depicting her lows. An excellent companion to Raina Telgemeier’s Guts (2017) and Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham’s Real Friends series. - Copyright 2022 Booklist.
