Telgemeier, R. (2012). Drama.
New York, NY: Graphix.
Middle school, ah, the drama. Callie is in theater and meets two boys who
are twins, Justin and Jesse. She has a
crush on a boy, Greg as well. She gets
to know Justin and Jesse and finds out Justin is gay. She then develops a crush on Jesse and hopes
he will ask her to the 8th grade dance. As the play gets going and the set designing
gets worked out and completed the drama heats up. Jesse finally asks Callie to the dance and
then during the dance skips out on her for a few hours. She ends up walking home with Greg, but
realizes he’s not the guy for her after all and then Jesse admits he’s also
gay, but just didn’t realize it.
Telgemeier uses a graphic novel
format to discuss a touchy subject, homosexuality. Middle school students are trying to find
their identity and struggle with who they want to become and what they want to
become and fitting in. It is a difficult
time in any middle schooler’s life, much less when you are in the minority. All types of students are portrayed and any
student will find themselves in the book from a nerd, technical thinker, to a
creative “out there” girl. In the end we
are all the same inside, we all have feelings and we all have the same
opportunity to find the true us. I would recommend this for 7th grade and up through high school.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysWrqAMktc0 book trailer
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