ANNOTATION:
Barbara is in High School and goes through a series of struggles in life, being bullied, gaining courage, love, and loss. Barbara creates her own make believe fantasy world to help her cope with life's challenges and learns how to kill Giants.
JUSTIFICATION FOR NOMINATION:
The fantasy and science-fiction come through in the descriptive art in this graphic novel. In order to cope with death, bullying, rejection, love, and the loss of it, Barbara conjures up her make believe friends. She is consistently bullied by a bigger girl at school, and becomes a heroine by defeating her attempts of abuse.
Barbara has been rejected long enough by the bully clan and finds only one true friend in the new girl at school. Sophia soon coincides in Barbara's games to overcome her Giants. Acting out her anger becomes a strong help in aiding her ability to conquer them. Through her Giant killing and conquering her difficulties, Barbara has gained the confidence and strength to face a very final situation that no young adult should have to go through. This is a great book for young adults who are suffering with adversity and how to overcome fears of tackling some very big Giants.
GENRE:
Fantasy/Science-Fiction, Coming of Age, Graphic Novel.
I really was pleasantly surprised with this book. At first I did not like it due to the Black/White graphic pictures. Then I got into the story line and the narrative hook got me. It is a heartwarming story of a teenager and her struggles and how she overcomes them. I highly recommend it to any Young Adult.
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