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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2013
Britt and Arsenault's powerful picture book-sized graphic novel about bullying, self-image, imagination, and (ultimately) hope centers on Helene, ostracized by her former friends and now a loner at school persecuted via washroom wall scribbles ("Helene weighs 216!") and acts of public humiliation ("I stuck a fork in your butt, but you're so fat you didn't feel a thing!!"). With her shattered self-esteem and (mistaken) belief that she looks like a "big fat sausage," Helene escapes into reading, s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2013 | Intermediate Fiction
In this powerful picture book–size graphic novel, Hélène, ostracized by her former friends, escapes into reading, specifically <i>Jane...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on December 1, 2013
Without melodrama, Fanny Britt quietly and thoughtfully evokes the fear and shame that Hélène experiences as a result of her schoolmates’ relentless teasing and bullying (they repeatedly call her fat although she is not; for a time Hélène comes to believe them). The joy and comfort Hél...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
