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2023 Build Your Library Reading Challenge







Thursday, March 01, 2018
MG Squirrel Girl Novel A Fun, Empowering Read for Kids
4:25 PM
(Image from Barnes & Noble)


Still, the thing Doreen most wants is a friend. A human one. Her quest, unfortunately, is not going well. No one wants to be her pal, but after Doreen-in-disguise fights off some troublemakers in her neighborhood, everyone longs to get close to Squirrel Girl. Doreen has never thought of herself as a superhero, but maybe she can be like her idols who fight bad guys and bask in the adoration of their fans. When a nefarious villain starts coming after her, though, the risk suddenly seems too great. Can she keep up the superhero gig? Or should she give up and go back to being just a regular (ish) kid?
I've never been into comics/superheroes, so when I heard about Shannon and Dean Hale's new book starring Squirrel Girl, I thought the character was their invention. Not so. Apparently, she's been around since the early 90s. Who knew? In the Hales' version, Squirrel Meets World, the heroine is a teenage girl trying to navigate life in a new town. Although she acts more 12 than 14, her enthusiasm for life and longing for friendship make her a sympathetic and endearing narrator. I found her annoying at times, true, but I think young readers will appreciate her more. And it is a good book to hand to middle graders—it's clean, upbeat, and bursting with girl power. Adults may find it too silly (I did), but for its target audience, Squirrel Meets World should make for a fun, empowering read.
(Readalikes: It actually reminds me a lot of the Hales' Princess in Black series)
Grade:
If this were a movie, it would be rated:
for violence and scenes of peril
To the FTC, with love: I bought a copy of The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World from Amazon with a portion of the millions I make from my lucrative career as a book blogger. Ha ha.
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