Īwkward won the 2nd Annual Dwayne McDuffie Award for Kids' Comics, Dragon Award for Kids Comics at the 2016 Shuster Awards, and was nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Publication for Teens. Svetlana Chmakova’s style is reminiscent of Raina Telgemeier, so if you enjoy her books (and I do), this is definitely in your wheelhouse. It was also named by YALSA on their list of the 2016 Great Graphic Novels for Teens. Awkward is an adorable graphic novel that captures the weirdness that is middle school and places it in a not-so-likely-but-still-fun-to-read scenario. Vail of The Mary Sue said "it needs to be on the shelves of every school and public library." Awkward was named as one of the School Library Journal 's Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2015. The fourth book in the series, Diary, features additional stories with the characters from Awkward.Īwkward has received largely positive reviews by book critics.
It also touches on growing up, and not putting yourself in a box. Chmakova so perfectly captures that age and the concerns and social dynamics. The book tells the story of Penelope "Peppi" Torres, a new student at Berrybrook Middle School, whose first encounter with a boy from the science club leads to much awkwardness between them, and their sparring clubs.Īwkward's main theme is that of friendship, directly addressing the mocking boys and girls get for being friends, and the hardships of navigating friend group drama. 2016 Dwayne McDuffie Award for Kids' Comics Joe Shuster Comics for Kids AwardĪwkward is a 2015 children's graphic novel written by Svetlana Chmakova.
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