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A coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel about summer and friendships, written and illustrated by the Eisner Award–winning and New York Times–bestselling Hope Larson. Thirteen-year-old Bina has a long summer ahead of her. She and her best friend, Austin, usually do everything together, but he's off to soccer camp for a month, and he's been acting kind of weird lately anyway. So it's up to Bina to see how much fun she can have on her own. At first it's a lot of guitar playing, boredom, and bad TV, but things look up when she finds an unlikely companion in Austin's older sister, who enjoys music just as much as Bina. But then Austin comes home from camp, and he's acting even weirder than when he left. How Bina and Austin rise above their growing pains and reestablish their friendship and respect for their differences makes for a touching and funny coming-of-age story.
Publication Year: 2018
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This book was fine -- I just had some different expectations about the story (expecting it to be mostly about music). The plot is a bit disjointed in parts, but discovering that this is part of a series means that perhaps some of the other threads will be pick up in later books.
This is a graphic novel, and the facial expressions were drawn especially well. Probably best for 4-6th graders.