Module 13, Sisters

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Sisters, By Raina Telgemeier 

Overview: Sisters is a graphic novel about adventures of two sisters together. They go on road trips, buy pets, visit family and go through sisterly ups and downs together. The graphic novel is full of drama, sisterly arguments and disagreements but in the end they are there for each other throughout their set backs. 

Telgemeier, R. (2014). Sisters. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

Little Library Review:  This book is a funny comedy of two sisters that fight but love each other in the end. It is a good book for siblings to read and identify with sympathize with the characters. It also teaches a lesson with humor that although you fight and don't always get along your sister will be there for you. The story structure is setup as a graphic novel so it is a appealing to those readers that maybe bored with the same old format of fictional stories. I would recommend this book for upper elementary readers.

Other Professional Reviews: Gr 4 Up— Telgemeier has returned with a must-have follow-up to Smile (Scholastic, 2010) that is as funny as it is poignant, and utterly relatable for anyone with siblings. This realistic graphic memoir tells the story of Raina; her sister, Amara; and her brother, Will, as they take a road trip with their mother from California to Colorado to join a family reunion. The author's narrative style is fresh and sharp, and the combination of well-paced and well-placed flashbacks pull the plot together, moving the story forward and helping readers understand the characters' point of view. The volume captures preadolescence in an effortless and uncanny way and turns tough subjects, such as parental marriage problems, into experiences with which readers can identify. This ability is what sets Telgemeier's work apart and makes her titles appealing to such a wide variety of readers. Not only does the story relay the road trip's hijinks, but it also touches on what happens with the advent of a new sibling and what it means to be truly sisters. Fans of the graphic novelist's work will be sure to delight in this return to the Telgemeier's family drama.—Krishna Grady, Darien Library, CT

Grady, K. (2014). Sisters. School Library Journal, 60(7), 96.

Using it in the Library 📖: Sisters is written in graphic novel structure: a fun activity to do after reading this story would be to create fictional stories in a comic book format.