Click
Olive wants to get in on the act... Any act! For fans of Raina Telgemeier comes the first book in the New York Times best-selling graphic novel series about friendship and finding where you "click".
Olive “clicks” with everyone in the fifth grade –until one day she doesn’t. When a school variety show leaves Olive stranded without an act to join, she begins to panic, wondering why all her friends have already formed their own groups . . . without her. With the performance drawing closer by the minute, will Olive be able to find her own place in the show before the curtain comes up? A heartfelt and insightful story about navigating friendships, leaning on family, and learning to take the stage in the most important role of all.
Creators
Kayla Miller is the author-illustrator of the Click series, which includes Click and its companion Camp. She lives and works in New Jersey in the United States.
Reviews
Author illustrator Kayla Miller’s fun and relatable story is told using bold lines and bright colours with a cast of diverse characters and few words. The stand out quality of the illustrations is in the range of nuanced emotions expressed, especially when the groups are working together, both in body language and facial expressions, something that could be discussed in a class setting.
Read Plus
This is a tale that tiptoes on the precipice of preachy teachy however the page-flipping pace, winning comic strip styled illustrations and balance of text prevent it from falling into a didactic mire. Click is spot on for the upper primary schoolers age group who are still essentially kids who want to hang with the crowd but are beginning to experience the complexities of clique warfare. I use the term warfare with respectful flippancy for at this age, the art of friendship can be brutal and challenging. Fortunately books like, Click help almost-tweens-teens survive this period of childhood with more grace and good humour.
Kids Book Review
The comic-book style provides a tantalising gateway for exploring serious issues, including bullying, identity, and racism, affecting kids aged 7 years and up.
Reading Time
It’s a magnificent book because it deals with the kinds of things that other books don’t – in a good way!
Squiz Kids Book Club reviewer
The book has the ultimate message of ‘even though people around you are changing, it’s okay to be yourself’.
Squiz Kids Book Club reviewer
