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Jun 30, Jacob Proffitt rated it it was amazing Shelves: young-adult. Just as good as Awkward , maybe better. Jenson is so sweet and trying so hard and I love how well Chmakova pulls us into his perspective and why he doesn't even realize he's being bullied, even as he adopts patterns and mechanisms to avoid the pain. Chmakova is a talented artist and storyteller and does such a fantastic job depicting the protohumans of middle school in all their messed-up glory.
And I'm really glad she chose a graphical format for theses stories. She says at the end that "express Just as good as Awkward , maybe better. She says at the end that "expressions are And for these stories, she's exactly right and she nails her characters every page, every frame. I'm not one who will seek out her art on the internet or go out of my way to devour her books.
But I'll absolutely let myself be dragged through it all by my daughter who is an enthusiastic fan View all 4 comments. Apr 29, Melody rated it it was amazing Shelves: middle-grade , arc , graphic-novels. This is crazy good and crazy important. It made me giggle. It made me tear up because Jensen's journey was so real, and so honest. Chmakova does an excellent job of portraying her characters and I want all of them to have their own books.
View 2 comments. Dec 22, Melki rated it really liked it Shelves: middle-grade-readers , graphic-novel. Take the survey: Do you have someone who will save a seat for you? He does what he can to fit in, but it's hard to find your niche among all the cliques in middle school.
And, between his after-school math tutoring, hiding from bullies, art club, the newspaper, and all his daydreaming, Jensen is one busy kid.
On the whole, I liked him, though I got kind of annoyed that he never did his "homewor Take the survey: Do you have someone who will save a seat for you? On the whole, I liked him, though I got kind of annoyed that he never did his "homework" - reading the books and articles that would have certainly helped in his quest to "fit in. I also saw a lot of myself in him, and I'm guessing you know someone who will, too.
Jun 28, Melissa McShane rated it it was amazing Shelves: middle-grade-contemporary , graphic-novels. I was deeply impressed with Awkward and expected to love Brave as much.
It was even better than the first. Featuring Jensen, a very minor character from Awkward , this story about bullying is incredibly powerful because it gets to the heart of what it means to be bullied--and how victims can lie to themselves about even being bullied at all.
Jensen is sweet and ordinary, with dreams of becoming an astronaut and a love of drawing, and at first the reader doesn't realize just how alone he is. The g I was deeply impressed with Awkward and expected to love Brave as much. The gradual realization that he's the victim of several kinds of bullying shows how brilliantly Chmakova has illustrated, in both senses, the life of an ordinary child suffering in unfortunately ordinary ways.
The cast of characters is stunning, and I couldn't begin to list the ones who were my favorites. I'm not ashamed to admit I cried. Now I'm dying to know what Chmakova comes up with next for this series. This is incredibly good. Because I'm not a fan of Chmakova's Dramacon, Vol. I hope to get my hands on it soon because this one impressed me tremendously.
Here's what I loved most about this book: it feels natural. Maybe not fully realistic - the malicious bullying probably doesn't look quite like real-life bullying and the perfectly diverse crowd is far too beautifully perfect to be real life and everyone is obv This is incredibly good. Maybe not fully realistic - the malicious bullying probably doesn't look quite like real-life bullying and the perfectly diverse crowd is far too beautifully perfect to be real life and everyone is obviously smack-dab middle class - but it's still reasonable, logical, and nothing is hitting the reader over the head so that they comprehend the very obvious important message.
Spoiler: There isn't a very obvious important message. There are a lot of important messages and they're all deftly presented and well-handled. Main character Jensen Graham has a hard time paying attention to what he should be paying attention to he's great at daydreaming and terrible at real-life follow through as he navigates daily school life.
He copes by viewing school as a video game that will give him the prize of his favorite club at the end of the day if he can just survive until then. He's in art club but does contract work for newspaper club. He's being bullied but doesn't understand that's what's happening because one set of bullies is his art club friends.
The other set is actual bullies but he can't really tell that's what they're doing because he doesn't understand social cues. I love them so much! All these issues - learning difficulties, loneliness, bullying, fighting, social rankings, ridiculous rules that impede education - are handled gracefully and in a way that makes simple sense.
It's not dramatic nor overwrought but these things aren't downplayed or subtle, either. I need more eloquence because I'm having a hard time expressing why this story felt so right to me.
I just wish more middle grade offerings felt this powerful. Give this to your middle-schooler. Make sure your library owns this. Get it to all the kids!
Jun 05, Mikayla rated it it was amazing Shelves: favorites , , middle-grade , tiny-human-s-treasure-box , comic-comics. I cried. Actual-Facts tears. View 1 comment. View all 9 comments.
Sep 19, Amber rated it it was amazing. This is a pretty good graphic novel about a boy named Jensen who tries to survive middle school and be brave so he can fit in at school and more. Check it out at your local library and wherever books are sold.
Jan 18, Mir rated it really liked it Shelves: graphic , realism , school. It was a realistic depiction of middle school kids, albeit one that assumes most human being are basically good.
If you're one of many kids who suffers bullying and tries futiley to improve the situation, it might make you feel worse, like why are your efforts not working? On the other hand, the stuff about changing culture might be encouraging? I don't know. It probably depends on the individual and circumstance. Jul 10, steph rated it really liked it Shelves: books-with-pictures , lots-of-characters , library-ocpl , enjoyable , books-read-in , juvy-fiction , graphic-novel.
Jensen is the best. I loved seeing his drawn on the page, his facial expressions, body language, daydreams.
He is really just a character that is so well written, drawn, etc. I read Awkward last year when I was interviewing for a children's librarian position I had to recommend a few books and Awkward was one of those recs and I really liked it. It had a positive message intersected between all the middle school drama and Brave follows the same format.
But, I think I liked Brave more Jensen is the best. But, I think I liked Brave more? Partly is because I really like Jensen and partly it is because it focused on bullying and man oh man that is such an important topic for this age group.
I especially liked that view spoiler [Jensen didn't even realize he was being bullied by some of the people he calls friends because bullies are the mean people you run from in the hallway, not the people you eat lunch with. That was such a good lightbulb and character development moment all around. Especially the "be the change you want to see". Gosh, Jensen is just the best. I hope Chmakova is not done writing about Berrybrook Middle School.
Actually really anything written by her. I love seeing what the background characters are doing in the panels, some of them are quite hysterical. Jan 17, laurel [the suspected bibliophile] rated it really liked it Shelves: read , middle-grade , graphic-novel , contemporary , childrens-chapter-books. Trigger Warning: Bullying, fat shaming This was such an insightful graphic novel about one boy's experience with bullying, isolation, making friends and just not feeling adequate enough. It provides us an insight and a truly unique look at the animals surrounding us.
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