Invisible Emmie

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Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Jennifer L. Holm, Invisible Emmie is a humorous and surprising debut graphic novel by Terri Libenson, creator of the internationally syndicated, Reuben Award-winning comic strip The Pajama Diaries.

This is the story of two totally different girls
quiet, shy, artistic Emmie
popular, outgoing, athletic Katie
and how their lives unexpectedly intersect one day, when an embarrassing note falls into the wrong hands. . . .

All the crushes, humiliations, boredom, and drama of middle school are compressed into one surprising day in this extraordinary novel.

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This is middle grade fiction at its best. A fantastic debut novel with plenty of laughs and tons of heart. Invisible Emmie is unforgettable! Lincoln Peirce, author of Big Nate This funny and heartfelt tale will ring true for anyone whos ever felt invisible. Victoria Jamieson, Newbery Honor author-illustrator of Roller Girl Clever, funny work by a great cartoonist. Reading Invisible Emmie sums up middle school: You laugh, you cry, you get beaned in the head with a volleyball. Stephan Pastis, author of Timmy Failure In her first childrens book, cartoonist Libenson offers strikingly different visions of seventh grade through two very dissimilar narrators. A well-executed twist will have readers flipping back to see what they missed while cheering the strides made by Libensons no-longer-invisible heroine. Publishers Weekly With all-too-familiar middle-school drama and an empowering lesson about speaking up and bravely facing down embarrassment, this should find an easy audience among fans of Wimpy Kid or Dork Diaries books. Booklist Many readers will recognize themselves in Emmie and her friends, who are at once self-conscious and eager to be seen for who they are. A highly relatable middle grade drama. School Library Journal Libensons clever tale will entertain readers in the throes of middle school as well as younger students both wary of and intrigued by their near future. The Horn Book

Author Bio

Terri Libenson is the cartoonist of the internationally syndicated comic strip, The Pajama Diaries. She is also an award-winning humorous card writer for American Greetings Corp. Like Emmie in Invisible Emmie, Terri grew up shy and artistic in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She now lives a more outgoing life with her husband and two daughters in Cleveland, Ohio.