Drama: A Graphic Novel

I'm not much of a middle grade or graphic novel person, but I decided to pick this up for my Banned book prompt for the Popsugar Reading challenge. And this turned out to be such a cute, lovely, wholesome, inclusive and entertaining middle school story, set against the backdrop of a play being put on by the theatre department, told through the eyes of the stage crew. It can get pretty dramatic at times, but what's some drama when it's a theatre crew. The representation is sensitively portrayed, it's all about young kids finding themselves and what they love, and enjoying what they do. It's also about a young girl crushing on every nice guy, but then realizing she has time to figure it all out and she doesn't need a guy and that great friendships are equally important. The artwork is also cute and very colorful, and I loved the way the hard work that goes into a theatre production is portrayed.

I can't believe that such wonderful books get banned just because some school boards/parents are bigoted and can't understand/won't tolerate acceptance of all kinds of sexualities. I would highly recommend this to anyone who loves reading middle grade stories.