Picture Day: (A Graphic Novel) (The Brinkley Yearbooks) by Sarah Sax
on June 27, 2023
ISBN: 0593306880
Genres: Realistic Fiction
Format: Graphic Novel
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Middle-schooler Viv just wants to be noticed. She’s now using her middle name because there are so many Olivia’s in her school and she is desperate to be featured on her fellow schoolmates popular social media posts. On picture day she is not looking forward to another ho-hum picture with a home-made sweater from her Mom and her usual boring braid. Just before her picture is taken, she heads to the bathroom with a pair of scissors and hacks her braid off and ends up with a crazy hair-do. Finally she starts getting the attention she craves, however, her best friends are feeling left out and worry that Viv is not worried about any consequences. They’ve been working on a skating routine based on their favorite show for an upcoming Con. Viv has been so distracted that she ends up embarrassing her friends by not being prepared. Viv eventually learns the lesson that friends are more important than likes and works to repair her relationship with her “bffs”. Hopefully this graphic novel – by a Maine writer – is the start of a new series. Picture Day should be popular with fans of Raina Telgemeier and Svetlana Chmakova.

Reviewed by Karen Sandlin Silverman, Mt. Ararat Middle School, Topsham