 | Girl and The Glim Author: Swift, India | |
| Price: $10.65 | ||
Summary:
Bridgette is the new kid at her school and is having problems at making a good first impression. When she encounters something that appears to be dark and scary, something only she can see, she isn't scared. Maybe scary things need friends. Maybe the Glim isn't so bad after all. In graphic novel format.
| Illustrator: | Doig, Michael |
Reviews:
School Library Journal (00/06/22)
Booklist (+) (06/01/22)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/06/22)
Full Text Reviews:
School Library Journal - 06/01/2022 Gr 5–8—When Bridgette's family moves mid-year, she is super nervous about starting a new school and trying to make new friends. Back home she had a group of friends that did everything together, and now she is starting off all alone. Even her big brother is away at college. School starts off badly: The other kids make fun of her size and no one seems to accept her. One day, a couple of bullies lock her in a storage room. She escapes through a window and gets lost in the woods. A fearsome creature attacks and breaks apart into small spiders, and Bridgette runs home as they pursue her. Once there, she finds a creature unlike the others has followed her home, and she names it Glim. The next day, in school, accompanied by her new alien friend, Bridgette discovers that the terrible creatures are in school, and it is up to Bridgette to capture them because she is the only one who can see them. Madness ensues and Bridgette's behavior doesn't help her reputation, but by the end, readers will come to love the quirky little teen and root for her. There is much slapstick comedy because Bridgette is the only one who can see the Glim and the creatures, which adds many humorous moments. The book ends with a cliff-hanger and lots of loose ends, so it seems like this will be the start of a series. VERDICT With some book talking this book will find its audience.—Esther Keller - Copyright 2022 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
Booklist - 06/01/2022 *Starred Review* Moving to a new town and leaving friends behind is never easy, and in this inventive comic, Swift has precisely captured the feelings involved with these life changes. Timid Bridgette left her beloved friends behind when she moved to a new town with her family, and while she’s eager to make friends at her new school, every attempt seems to end in disaster. After the class bully traps her in a broom closet at school, she escapes only to tumble into the path of monstrous, nightmarish creatures she calls Glums. When she finally returns home, she finds another creature in her room, only this one is different; it’s a friendly ball of light, and she names it Glim. Soon Bridgette sees the Glums everywhere—they’re feeding on her classmates’ negative emotions—and to save her new town, she and Glim decide to capture them all before they wreak real havoc. Swift’s stylized, warm figure designs are in compelling contrast to the creepy Glums, and her action sequences are well-paced and cinematically rendered in dynamic splash pages and clearly choreographed fight scenes. The abrupt cliff-hanger might frustrate some readers hoping for more, but the emotionally grounded story has set the stage for plenty of further adventures and reveals. Hand this engrossing and entertaining series starter to readers who love Luke Pearson’s Hilda series. - Copyright 2022 Booklist.
