Drama

Product Information

I'm not someone who Googles old acquaintances much; I tend to leave the past in the past, and I'm also a bit of a digital recluse. Telgemeier continues to say "If a chaste heterosexual kiss had happened in Drama, no one would have batted an eye", meaning to discuss the double standard of the objections to this novel. Instead she’s the set designer for the stage crew, and this year she’s determined to create a set worthy of Broadway on a middle-school budget.

The graphic novel itself combines both manga and comic forms, which the author frequently read while growing up. My 9-year-old could roll with it, but my 6-year-old, who kept interrupting, was becoming increasingly confused and annoyed. What made this book different was that it was a middle-grade book, meant for kids as young as second grade. Raina also does a wonderful job at introducing middle school boys who are questioning their sexuality in an unbiased, nonjudgmental way. Common Sense Media acknowledges that "some readers may be uncomfortable with the graphic novel's depiction of homosexual crushes between young teens.Springtime in the South is Like a Song in My Heart": Raina Telgemeier's Drama, the Romanticization of the Plantation South, and the Romance Plot". In all actuality it's about the cast, but mainly crew, of the school play and all the goings on while they try to make it to opening night while battling first crushes, first heartbreak, mean girls, best friends, and all the other goings on of your typical 8th grader. Charles Brownstein, the director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, does not agree with this genre losing legitimacy due to the inclusion of illustrations.

Abate argues that the uncanny resemblance between Telgemeier's illustrations and racially charged images presents a tension that complicates the issue of race in Drama, and renders the novel much less progressive than most critics believe. In the first scene, she is walking home with her best friends Greg and Matt Solano – who are also brothers – where she confesses her feelings for Greg, an upperclassman baseball superstar. I went into this graphic novel a bit wary, since I had read Telgemeier's Smile and wasn't the biggest fan.Drama was placed on the Rainbow List in 2013, which is an annual list of books that are reviewed by the Committee of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table of the American Library Association. Suffice it to say that you should probably read this book, and will likely appreciate it, if you have any good memories of your own scholastic drama club experiences.

I couldn't hope to draw any of it, but luckily I think Drama captures the essence well enough to function as a tribute for any fellow drama kids out there, and to illustrate the power of these formative interactions and their subsequent influence on a developing young life. Yourself and Bob are much cherished in our booky world and I personally really appreciate everything that you do. Many little kids have parents/cousins/aunts/uncles/grandparents/family friends/whatever in same-gender relationships. The graphic novel genre of Drama is also praised by college librarian Eti Berland, who contends that the use of the graphic novel style allows readers to imagine themselves in the book. Also in 2013, the American Library Association deemed Drama as a Top 10 Great Graphic Novels for Teens.I haven't charted out my visits for the summer term, but I'm sure there are several in the south) and thanks so much for being so fantastic!

I loved the fact that it's a middle grade graphic novel with LGBTQIA representation, and that said representation is handled as well and as explicitly as it is.

This has consistently been one of the most popular graphic novels for middle graders in every school library I've worked in. I guess I believe, or at least can hypothesize based on my personal experience, that a significant portion of one's best self - including the part that constructively solves problems and contends with challenges, and the part that empathizes and connects with others and develops a sense of self in relation to them - is developed during a critical high school window that, in the case of myself, and presumably many others, happens to occur right around the peak time period of prospective involvement in school drama club, a place where even the most introverted kids can be compelled to safely push comfort zones, interact with others, formulate and share opinions, and be encouraged to use one's unique talents to contribute to the betterment of a community. Although Telgemeier originally intended the characters to be high schoolers, Scholastic believed the setting was more appropriate for middle school.