![]() The reviews I have read about this book have been positive. She speaks more about her inspirations for the Emmie books in this interview. In addition to collections of that strip, she has also published two books spinning off from Invisible Emmie, Positively Izzy and Just Jaime, which are also best-sellers. This book was created by Terri Libenson, a Reuben Award winning cartoonist honored in 2016 for her ongoing strip The Pajama Diaries. I won't spoil things, but I found what happened to be quite compelling and interesting, a fun twist on teenage drama. Katie actually jumps in to check in on Emmie, and from there the two young women's lives go through some rapid twists and changes. Somehow, Emmie's note to Tyler falls out of her binder and gets picked up by the class prankster, Joe, who makes sure that lots of people see it. One day, Emmie and the one friend she can be herself with, Brianna, write silly, over-the-top love notes to their crushes to entertain themselves. Tyler asks Katie to be his girlfriend, which puts more of a damper on Emmie. She is very kind, too, and I found it refreshing that she was not portrayed as a mean girl.Īs you can see, the ways their stories were told puts them even more in contrast, with Emmie's more introspective, text-heavy in the style of illustrated books like Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Katie's side of things depicted colorfully in comics format.īoth girls are in many classes together, both like the same boy named Tyler, but they do not have many interactions. She is athletic, gets good grades, and finds success with whatever she sets out to do. Katie is confident and popular, and she seems to get along with everyone in very positive ways. Personally, I found her a very relatable protagonist. Emmie is quiet and stressed, going through her school day trying not to be noticed or draw attention to herself. It is a look at a couple of disparate 13-year-olds whose lives intersect due to a misplaced note. Invisible Emmie is a book I missed when it came out a few years ago, and I've noticed a few folks reading it so I decided to check it out.
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