SHINY MISFITS

Great book! Great story and wonderful lessons!

2.5 StarsCAWPILE = 4.29As someone who was born with Cerebral Palsy I was curious to pick this up but unfortunately I was sorely disappointed in it.Bay Ann was pretty much obsessed with being famous to the detriment of everything else, even long friendships. After something happened she was both desperate and determined to be seen as more than her disability yet the next thing she's doing the exact opposite of what she wanted. She moaned about only being famous because another character helped her then once again goes and does the exact opposite, falling out with her two friends in the process. While she does eventually apologise to her friends, it resolves all too conveniently just in time to give the book a happy ending by giving her what she wants.I don't think that's a good example to set middle grade aged children as her actions were hypocritical throughout and they were never truly shown to be wrong.Despite not liking the actions shown as acceptable in the graphic novel it could be a great conversation starter to ask children if they thought Bay Ann did anything wrong and use it as an opportunity to talk about right, wrong, contradictions and hypocrisy.The one thing that I can say that I did like was Shadia Amin's art. It was bright and colourful and brought the story to life.Emetophobia notes: There was:- a whole chapter called "s*" but nothing happens other than mentions of tu*- mention of b* & g* noises on page 143- mention of b* on page 165.