![]() ![]() I decided to buy this book while making this list of 36 graphic novels for middle-schoolers - and it was a good call! I read it on my iPad using the Kindle app and the experience was seamless it felt like reading the real thing, except I could also zoom in, which is always nice. Imagine Raina’s shock when her best friend befriends the mean girl. There’s also a “mean girl” in the class who seems to gain a thrill from teasing everyone in her vicinity. Her best friend finds out that her family is moving away soon, which, of course, causes Raina a measure of anxiety. ![]() Her parents take her to see a doctor who after multiple tests assures them that Raina is “healthy as a horse.” Unsure what to do next, they take her to see a therapist.Īt school, Raina also deals with friendship issues. Her anxiety manifests physically as a stomachache which further exacerbates her fear of vomiting and intensifies her anxiety. After a case of the stomach flu in their family, Raina becomes terrified of vomit and vomiting. Guts is based on Telegmeier’s experience with anxiety as a tween. ![]()
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