Smile

Book 1 of smile series Raina Telgemeier 2009           Raina is a regular pre-teen with regular boy troubles. However, her life changes when she falls on her face and knocks out her two front teeth. She’s forced to get multiple painful surgeries and braces to fix her teeth. The story follows through almost five years

Drama

Author: Raina Telgemeier Colorist: Gurihiru 2012 A large part of my youth involved participating in improv. groups and finding my way towards performance art in general. I also enjoyed being part of committees and planning activities. This has led me towards a path of planning activities and events, and ultimately towards my job as a

The Darwin Affair

Author: Tim Mason 2019 Charles Field, a chief detective, connects the attempted murder on Queen Victoria with the murder of a thief a few blocks away. However, the more he digs into the murder and attempted murder, the more it seems to be part of a bigger plot. Was the queen even the target? What

The Sheik and the Bought Bride

Author: Takako Hashimoto Colorist: Susan Mallery 2013 The story is about Prince Kateb, a prince of the desert kingdom of El Deharia, who wants to punish Victoria’s father for cheating in a card game. Victoria offers herself as payment in-lieu of her father for his freedom and well-being. Victoria’s inner thoughts betray some insecurities, but

We Should All Be Feminists

Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2014 We should all be feminists can be seen by some as a bold statement. This book is the embodiment of what feminism is today : gender equality. Something that will benefit both men and women by rethinking gender roles, relaxing social norms and providing an equal ground to all. A

The Rithmatist

Author: Brandon Sanderson 2013 Imagine that your little stick figure drawings came to life, what would you do? What would they do? In The Rithmatist, some people have the ability to bring drawings to life. These people are called rithmatists. The rithmatists need to serve 10 years on an island using those drawings made of

Tsubasa World Chronicle

Author: CLAMP Published in 2015 Tsubasa is a Manga, so a Japanese comic. The art is done by CLAMP an all girl comic book artist team, which produced many popular hits such has Cardcaptor, XXXHolic, Chobits and Blood-C, just to name a few.           The story follows Syaoran, Kurogane, Mokona and Fai. They are a

Cover to cover to cover – episode 2 ( teen edition ) : Sharanya Singh and Karine Lelièvre

Well Met

It’s your typical love story, girl meets boy, boy goes on to study in a very competitive field, such as medicine or law, and girl drops out of school to support the boy by working two jobs. Then, boy leaves girl…. Wait a minute! Sorry, let me start over again. Girl (her name is Emily)

Tornado Brain

Author: Cat Patrick Publishing year: 2020 Tornado Brain is a book I read during Mental Awareness week (first week of May for those of you who’ve never heard of it) since it follows the story of Frankie, a neurodivergent kid. She has been labelled with ADHD, autism, sensory issues and more. Experiencing the perspective of