I was always collecting stickers growing up and was terrified of using them for fear of wasting them. Parental Figures did not understand and argued having them and not using them was a waste of money.
I am the proud mom of a 10 year and I still do not understand that logic. :D Of course, my daughter is the type to just put stickers anywhere, lol!
So of course I couldn't resist a book where stickers come to life, let alone an anxious sticker girl running for student council. I couldn't imagine doing something like that, ever.
I wish more books like this were around when I was a kid. Stickers are great and all, but having a shy introvert with anxiety as a protagonist, especially so young is amazing. I would've understood myself and how I wasn't broken much earlier if I had this book then.
It's very clear how Martina likes people and doing things, but has to recharge afterwards. And how worrying is natural for her and she doesn't understand how people DON'T worry all the time. She tries and her family tries and she's working on her confidence (the shyness) but still being herself (the introvert).
- Grade A Anxiety Rep
- No bigotry or BS
- Stable, loving family
- Things didn't go as I expected
- Loved the scenes with the treasure box full of jewels. My heart leapt and dropped along with the girls.
- Can be read out of order just fine
- Friendship is wonderful, full of real insecurities and concerns, doing the right thing, being honest and bonds growing stronger
- Found out a little more about the stickers,
- I'm pretty sure the squirrel ballerina is my favorite sticker, though the zombie DJ became a close second.
- Yay for not enforcing gender norms and sexism!
The only thing I'm not happy with is that the ARC wasn't in color and I didn't get any stickers :( *wah*
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This review was originally posted on The Layaway Dragon