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Squished
Author
Illustrator
Michelle Mee Nutter
Publication Date
March 07, 2023
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction / 4th − 5th
Language
English
Format
Graphic Novel
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Description
Spanish edition also available.
From the powerhouse duo behind the instant bestseller Allergic comes a fun new graphic novel about finding your own space... especially when you're in a family of nine!
Eleven-year-old Avery Lee loves living in Hickory Valley, Maryland. She loves her neighborhood, school, and the end-of-summer fair she always goes to with her two best friends. But she's tired of feeling squished by her six siblings! They're noisy and chaotic and the younger kids love her a little too much. All Avery wants is her own room -- her own space to be alone and make art. So she's furious when Theo, her grumpy older brother, gets his own room instead, and her wild baby brother, Max, moves into the room she already shares with her clinging sister Pearl! Avery hatches a plan to finally get her own room, all while trying to get Max to sleep at night, navigating changes in her friendships, and working on an art entry for the fair. And when Avery finds out that her family might move across the country, things get even more complicated.
Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter have once again teamed up to tell a funny, heartfelt, and charming story of family, friendship, and growing up.
Publication date
March 07, 2023
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781338568936
Lexile Measure
520
Publisher
Graphix
BISAC categories
JUV008000 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | General
JUV039020 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Adolescence
JUV013070 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings
JUV039020 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Adolescence
JUV013070 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings
Library of Congress categories
Families
Graphic novels
Moving, Household
Girls
Cartoons and comics
Comics (Graphic works)
Maryland
Humorous comics
Domestic comics
Graphic novels
Moving, Household
Girls
Cartoons and comics
Comics (Graphic works)
Maryland
Humorous comics
Domestic comics
Kirkus
Starred Review
A charming and achingly relatable snapshot of life in a big family.
Publishers Weekly
Brightly colored landscapes and keen dialogue artfully depict common eldest daughter woes.
Publishers Weekly
Lloyd and Nutter (Allergic) reteam in this energetic graphic novel, a meditation on adolescence and the strengths and challenges that large families can engender. Eleven-year-old artist Avery Lee is the second oldest child in a boisterous Korean American brood. Being constantly surrounded by mischievous younger siblings and sharing a room with her eight-year-old sister prompts Avery to covet the holy grail: her own room. But when her parents reveal that they're giving her eldest brother, 13-year-old Theo, his own room instead, Avery decides to spend her summer vacation scheming up ways to make money to convert the family basement into her new abode. Dog-walking and lemonade-selling plans veer into chaos when Theo accidentally reveals that their parents are planning to move the family from Maryland to Oregon. Brightly colored landscapes and keen dialogue artfully depict common eldest daughter woes as Avery struggles with being the de facto caretaker of her siblings. The creators instill Avery with a strong sense of self that both buoys her mercurial familial relationships and imbues them with authentic, empathetic conflicts. It's this verisimilitude--suffused with many tears, laughs, and sobering moments--that shapes the core of this heartwarming jaunt. Ages 8-12. (Mar.)
Copyright 2023 Publishers Weekly, LLC Used with permission.
Pretty good
Squished was okay.It was a bit boring but that's all.
really cool
''Squished'' was a very nice good book. I read it like a thousand times already and i liked how there family is big and to me it's a little bit funny how in the beginning of the story they all start fighting and arguing then the middle child makes a loud sound then all of the 6 kids were quiet. SO GET THIS BOOK!!!!!
Megan Wagner Lloyd
MICHELLE MEE NUTTER is the co-creator, with Megan Wagner Lloyd, of Allergic, an instant bestseller. Michelle graduated with a degree in illustration from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Her work has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators, 3x3 Illustration, Creative Quarterly, and more. Michelle lives in Boston.
MEGAN WAGNER LLOYD is the co-creator, with Michelle Mee Nutter, of Allergic, an instant bestseller. Megan is also the author of several picture books, including Paper Mice, Building Books, Finding Wild, and Fort-Building Time, and of Haven, a novel. She lives in the Washington, DC area.
MEGAN WAGNER LLOYD is the co-creator, with Michelle Mee Nutter, of Allergic, an instant bestseller. Megan is also the author of several picture books, including Paper Mice, Building Books, Finding Wild, and Fort-Building Time, and of Haven, a novel. She lives in the Washington, DC area.
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