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Dear Jackie

by Jessixa Bagley Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER BOOKS YOU

Friendship and fitting in, in graphic-novel form

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Friendship and fitting in, in graphic-novel form

Jackie and Milo’s long-standing partnership shifts as middle school brings new teams, friends, and expectations about how girls and boys should act. When Jackie tries to quiet the pressure to change by sending herself an anonymous love letter, the secret quickly becomes schoolwide talk. The setup links a familiar school-age worry—wanting to belong—with the complications of pretending to be someone else. As a graphic novel, Dear Jackie centers that conflict on Jackie’s friendship with Milo and her changing place among her peers.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Kids ages 9–12 interested in middle-school stories
  • Readers who enjoy graphic novels about friendship and fitting in
  • Fans of stories about social expectations and changing friendships

Themes

FriendshipBelonging and peer pressureGender expectationsHonesty and deception

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Book overview

A middle schooler's plan to fit in with her new friends by writing herself a fake love letter backfires spectacularly in this funny and all-too-relatable graphic novel perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and the Berrybrook Middle School series.

Jackie and Milo have been best friends since they were born. Whether they're reading comic books in their tree house hideout, playing video games, or spying on their neighbors using walkie talkies and code names, it's always been the two of them versus the world. But in middle school, things are changing. Milo joins the soccer team and starts hanging out with a new crew. Jackie gets taken under the wing of Adelle, who wants to give her a total makeover and find her a crush. Suddenly, it seems like there are certain acceptable ways to be a girl or a boy, and Jackie starts to feel like everything about her is wrong.

In an effort to get Adelle and her new friends off her back, Jackie sends herself an anonymous love letter. But her plan backfires, and soon Jackie's secret admirer is all anybody at school can talk about. Now she's wondering: Dear Jackie, how are you going to get out of this?
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