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Growing Pangs: (A Graphic Novel)

by Kathryn Ormsbee

Friendship, change, and a mind full of worries

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Awards & Recognition

  • Editorial selection

    An NPR Best Book of the Year

    Named an NPR Best Book of the Year.

  • Critical praise

    Booklist Starred Review

    Received a starred review, with praise describing it as an excellent companion to Guts and Real Friends.

AlbakiReads Editorial

Friendship, change, and a mind full of worries

Katie’s move toward sixth grade brings several changes into view at once: summer camp unsettles her closest friendship, while braces and the prospect of a new school year add to her worries. The graphic novel connects these everyday transitions with anxiety, including Katie’s use of repeated actions to try to manage it. Its focus on friendship and growing up gives the story a concrete frame for questions about feeling different and wondering how others will respond. A companion graphic novel, *Turning Twelve*, continues Katie’s story.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young readers interested in stories about friendship and changing relationships.
  • Readers exploring anxiety and worries around school or growing up.
  • Fans of graphic novels centered on children’s everyday experiences.

Themes

FriendshipAnxiety and worryGrowing upFeeling different

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Book overview

AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - A PARENTS MAGAZINE BEST BOOK


Inspired by a true story! Eleven-year old homeschooled Katie has always felt different . . . and now she can't stop worrying. Introducing an irresistibly relatable graphic novel about friendship, anxiety, and growing up.

"An excellent companion to Raina Telgemeier's Guts and Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham's Real Friends."--Booklist, Starred Review

New Friends. New grade. New worries?

Katie's always felt different. She's homeschooled, she has freckles, and her teeth are really crooked. But none of these things matter to Kacey. They're best friends forever--just like their necklaces say. But when they go to summer camp, Kacey starts acting weird. What happened to the "forever"? And when Katie gets home, she can't stop worrying. About getting braces. About 6th grade. About friends. She knows tapping three times or opening and closing a drawer won't make everything better . . . but sometimes it helps stop the worrying. Is something wrong with her? And will anyone want to be friends with her if they find out?

Find out what happens next in the companion graphic novel, Turning Twelve!
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