Binding: Hardcover
Description: A Stonewall Book Award Honor * A Sid Fleishman Humor Award Honor Funny and full of heart this debut graphic novel is a story about friendship identity and embracing all the parts of yourself that make you special. Fifth grade is just not Riley's vibe. Everyone else is squaded up except Riley. Her best friend moved away. All she wants to do is draw and her grades show it. One thing that makes her happy is her favorite comedian Joy Powers. Riley loves to watch her old shows and has memorized her best jokes. So when the class is assigned to write letters to people they admire of course Riley's picking Joy Powers! Things start to look up when a classmate Cate offers to help Riley with the letter and a new kid Aaron actually seems to get her weird sense of humor. But when mean girl Whitney spreads a rumor about her things begin to click into place for Riley. Her curiosity about Aaron's two dads and her celebrity crush on Joy Powers suddenly make more sense. Readers will respond to Riley's journey of self - discovery and will recognize themselves in this character who is less than perfect but trying her best. And creative kids will recognize themselves in her love of art and drawing. While often funny and light Riley's exploration of what it feels to be an outsider and how hard it can be to make a friend break your heart in the best way. And with all of Riley's hijinks and missteps this story is laugh - out - loud funny from start to finish.
Title: The Real Riley Mayes
Author(s): Elliott Rachel, Rachel Elliott
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780062995759
Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 5/3/2022