representation: main latina character with multiple sclerosis, side latinx characters, side black character, side black character who formerly had polio


This was a really quiet, sweet middle grade graphic novel. , follows the title character a month before a new year at school starts after her family has just moved to a new city. She has to spend all her time indoors just reading and watching movies due to her having MS. As a way to connect with the outside world, she writes to a friend who's at camp and spends time with a strange elderly woman, Pearl, who lives in the building.

As I said, this is a very quiet graphic novel. Not many events happen, but you watch as she grows and learns to accept certain things. She feels alone because no one, no matter how hard they try, can understand how it is to live her life. She ends up writing unsent letters to Pearl's son who had polio when he was a child as she feels like he would be the only person who would understand.

The art style is very simple but works perfectly for the story that is being told. I really liked the way that there would be several pages where was just going through her daily activities and it would perfectly portray how alone she felt.

I think this is definitely one to look out for next month, and would highly recommend this to anyone looking for a simple middle grade contemporary.

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.