Wrong Friend: A Graphic Novel

Description:

What happens when your BFF is no longer forever?
A fresh and honest graphic novel about friendships lost and found.
Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier!

Charise and Casey have been best friends for years. It never mattered that Casey was older by two years--until she started high school. Now, the two barely talk, and Charise is on a mission to get a new best friend. But can she find that perfect person while navigating long-distance friendships, guinea pig allergies, and the embarrassing quirks of her family?

Brief description: Charise Mericle Harper has written more than fifty books for children, not that she counted, but once when she was at a school visit a kid put his hand up and said, "you wrote fifty-four books. I counted them on Amazon". These books include chapter books, graphic novels, picture books and early readers, including the Crafty Cat, Fashion Kitty, and Just Grace series, and The Good For Nothing Button. Charise also wrote and illustrated the weekly comic strip Eye Spy. Charise is excited and slightly nervous to share Bad Sister with the world. It's not easy to admit you were bad, even if now you are very, very good.

Review Quotes:

A Junior Library Guild selection

"This book perfectly captures the universal uncertainty of the tween and early teen years, when life suddenly changes and relationships are no longer as predictable or simple as they once were." --School Library Journal

"Harper realistically captures the tricky parts of middle-school friendship in this memoir set in the 1970s, and Lucey's warm, comical cartoon art nicely matches the emotional energy of the story. Hand this to tweens who love anything by Raina Telgemeier, Jerry Craft, or Jennifer L. Holm." --Booklist

The Amazing Crafty Cat:

"This outside-the-box volume is a great example of the breadth of possibilities in sequential-art narrative." --Booklist

"The clear, simple layouts make this an accessible choice for the graphic-novel newbies, and plenty of clever details and playful visuals will appeal equally to more experienced readers." --BCCB

Henry's Heart: A Boy, His Heart, and a New Best Friend:

"This clever book is an excellent choice for story hours and primary-grade classrooms." --School Library Journal

"...a genius pairing of fiction and nonfiction." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review