Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

I finished Cynthia Copeland’s graphic memoir Cub last night, and I am once again so very grateful to be OUT of junior high–although I have to say, Copeland’s ‘predators vs. prey’ analogy made me giggle a little. (Only a little, because there’s possibly more accuracy there than you want there to be.) For me it was a time when a little bit of confidence would have helped me a great deal, but that sort of confidence isn’t easy to develop at that age. Copeland does a fabulous job illustrating this, and her mentor is a junior high girl’s dream. How the young Copeland navigates 7th grade while ‘finding her voice’ is both a fun and an inspiring read, and I’m thinking my 6th grader will absolutely love it.

AND it’s a Granite School District Best Book title!