Positively Izzy

In Positively Izzy, Terri Libenson delivers a heartfelt and humorous graphic novel that delves into the ups and downs of middle school life. This companion to the bestselling Invisible Emmie explores the distinct journeys of two girls, Izzy and Bri, each navigating their own challenges and aspirations within the labyrinth of adolescence. Izzy is the quintessential dreamer, filled with creativity and a love for acting, but her inability to focus often hampers her schoolwork. Meanwhile, Bri excels academically and longs to be recognized for more than just her excellent grades. Under pressure from her mother to step out of her comfort zone, Bri struggles internally as well, feeling the weight of expectations to join the drama club. As their paths cross during a chaotic school talent show, both girls find themselves facing unexpected challenges that force them to confront their labels and the insecurities that come with them. Positively Izzy captures the essence of friendship, self-discovery, and the importance of embracing one's true self. With Libenson's engaging storytelling and vibrant illustrations, this graphic novel is a delightful read for fans of middle-grade literature, reminding us that the journey through school is filled with unique moments of growth and connection.

I bought this for my daughters (grades 4 & 6). I started reading it and it is really fun. My 10 year old described it as “awesome, with a cool ending.” This is a great companion to Invisible Emmie, which our daughters also enjoyed. As a graphic novel, it is written in a very relatable style for any middle schooler or future middle schooler. Former middle schoolers will enjoy it, too. Anyone who has been through (survived?) middle school can find a favorite character or two or three. Enjoy!

Soooooooo good! And the ending? I mean, this is the work of geniuses! This is a great book and an incredible middle grade read. Recommended for fourth to eighth graders.

this book was highly entertaining. Appropriate for my little ones and it is able to relate to the real world. I gave it four stars, manifestly, because the illegible text. Throughout the book it provided overlapping words that had a prodigious impact on people reading the sentences. Over all i would recomend it though.

My daughter absolutely loves this book. She preferred Invisible Emmy, but really enjoyed this one too. She's 8.5 and a little precocious but hasn't been super excited about reading. These books are like heavily illustrated chapter books or graphic novels, which she finds less intimidating to read, as dense text just puts her off. Highly recommend this book for anyone with a budding reader who is trying to move on from the very unchallenging easy reader stuff.

This book is so good. It’s about a two girls one is named Brianna and the other is Izzy. Both are very different. Brianna is very smart and only cares about her schoolwork. Izzy is interested in acting and has a crazy imagination and she’s not very good in school. If you read this book you will see how these two people have a relationship together. Thank you for reading this review. 😍🤩😘🥳😁😍😇🤓

This Novel was so fun to read. I love when Itzzy was doing the lines that was priceless. I did not regret getting the series. I got the four books cant wait to read the next one. Terri is such a great author i cant wait for her to do more in the feature. Five Stars

My 10y/o niece wanted these books for Christmas. I bought all four in the series and my brother reported that she devoured all 4 books in one night and has started reading them again from the beginning! Always glad to encourage reading at any age!

I love the entire series by the author. She inspires me to be a writer in the future

It is an amazing book with an original plot. I feel this book helps me feel like I am both Izzy and Bri. The style is really intruging especially for fans of diary series like: Tom Gates, Dork Daries, Dary of the wimpy kid and Percy Jackson. But this book is ne of a kind. I loe how both are facing their own challenges: Izzy trying to exceeded her mum's expectations and Bri whi is trying to step out of her comfort zone. I would recommend this book to many people and Terri Libenson is an amazing authoress.

A great read!

Mi hija se 10 años lo leyó en 2 días. Excelente compra!!!

Wait, so is.... ok I think I figured it out. So Izzy in the book likes to act, Brianna's Mum is the drama teacher.Both Izzy's have 2 sisters, a smart hardworking one and a layed back. It never did really show Brianna and Child Izzy meating eachother right? nor did they show that they saw eachothers shows at te talent show, brianna just said we have to follow that? Nordid Brianna and her friends meet Izzy. And some guy that looked like Tyler said his name was Bob. Was it just going back and forth in time but didnt tell us? and Izzy is really Brianna's Mum!