Break

So I love that it shows how much a phone can suck you in and ruin social time with family. Family's are hard and split families leave a lot of pain on the kids. If you make plans stick to them as your children don't stay small forever amd you can permanently harm them with let downs.

My daughter like this series

Good series

Daughter loved this book. Nice graphics and story.

I love Kayla Miller graphic novels. The main character, Olive is 11-12 and goes through many situations that are common to kids her age. I usually find the development of stories quite smart. In this one though, I have trouble understanding what the author is trying to tell. Olive gets a smartphone and spends a good part of her spring break comparing herself to what she sees her friends are posting online. It sounds a clear enough story about the effects of social media but there are other elements in the story that seem to contradict that and make it confusing. I think the average 10-12 year old reader would miss the point entirely. The last pages of the book are some advice regarding smartphones in the line of “Don’t compare yourself to others”. That to a 12 year old is like telling “Don’t be sad” to someone depressed. Well, if it is a cautionary tale about social media, it is kind of a miss.

This series is my daughter's favourite. She has finished 6 and only one left out of 7.