Youth Graphic Novel Book Club: Stargazing

Come and pick up your free to keep copy of Stargazing by Jen Wang. 

Graphic Novel Book Club is a great way to get to know how to interact with graphic novels, and geek out about the ones you love, with other people who read the book! While we believe that everyone should read what they want regardless of age limits---this is intended for 2nd-6th graders.

Stargazing is a heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel in the spirit of Real Friends and El Deafo, from New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Jen Wang.

Moon is everything Christine isn't. She’s confident, impulsive, artistic . . . and though they both grew up in the same Chinese-American suburb, Moon is somehow unlike anyone Christine has ever known.

But after Moon moves in next door, these unlikely friends are soon best friends, sharing their favorite music videos and painting their toenails when Christine's strict parents aren't around. Moon even tells Christine her deepest secret: that she has visions, sometimes, of celestial beings who speak to her from the stars. Who reassure her that earth isn't where she really belongs.

Moon's visions have an all-too-earthly root, however, and soon Christine's best friend is in the hospital, fighting for her life. Can Christine be the friend Moon needs, now, when the sky is falling?

Jen Wang draws on her childhood to paint a deeply personal yet wholly relatable friendship story that’s at turns joyful, heart-wrenching, and full of hope.

Interested?? Come pick up your free to keep copy in the Youth Services Room and we'll see you April 22nd!