Invisible Emmie is Terri Libenson's debut novel. (That means her very first book.) It is a graphic novel about a severely shy, artistic middle schooler named Emmie who fantasizes about being outgoing, athletic, and popular. The story alternates between Emmie and her alter ego Katie. Emmie's pages are written in a neat, thin handwriting style, and pastel colors are used for the illustrations which appear on a plain white background. In contrast, Katie's pages are written in bold, all caps handwriting, and the illustrations are brightly colored with a contrasting brightly colored background. I liked how the illustrations cleverly help communicate the difference between Emmie and Katie's personalities.
The main action revolves around the note Emmie writes while playing the love note game with her best friend Bri. Emmie writes a note to Tyler, the boy she has a crush on. Find out what happens when the note falls into the wrong hands, and Emmie's true feelings go public at her middle school! What follows is every bit as humiliating as you might imagine. Fortunately, though, Emmie (and the readers) learn that truth, however embarrassing, sometimes sets you free!
I recommend this book to 4th-6th graders who enjoy well-illustrated graphic novels that speak important truths about life in middle school.
Mrs. N.
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