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The Real Riley Mayes


School year: Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8

No. of pages 224

Published: 2022

Great for age 7-13 years

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Funny and full of heart, this debut graphic novel is a story about friendship, identity, and embracing all the parts of yourself that make you special.Fifth grade is just not Rileys vibe. Everyone else is squaded upexcept Riley. Her best friend moved away. All she wants to do is draw, and her grades show it.One thing that makes her happy is her favorite comedian, Joy Powers. Riley loves to watch her old shows and has memorized her best jokes. So when the class is assigned to write letters to people they admire, of course Rileys picking Joy Powers!Things start to look up when a classmate, Cate, offers to help Riley with the letter, and a new kid, Aaron, actually seems to get her weird sense of humor. But when mean girl Whitney spreads a rumor about her, things begin to click into place for Riley. Her curiosity about Aarons two dads and her celebrity crush on Joy Powers suddenly make more sense.Readers will respond to Rileys journey of self-discovery and will recognize themselves in this character who is less than perfect but trying her best. And creative kids will recognize themselves in her love of art and drawing.While often funny and light, Rileys exploration of what it feels to be an outsider and how hard it can be to make a friend break your heart in the best way.And with all of Rileys hijinks and missteps, this story is laugh-out-loud funny from start to finish.

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 3rd grade-7th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 224 pages in this book.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).

This book was published in 2022 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .

Rachel Elliot worked in children's publishing in London for many years before moving to Devon and becoming a freelance writer, specialising in licensed character publishing.