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Anne-So "Echos de Mots", youth literary blogger and contributor to the
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The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks
by Katie Kirby, published on August 11, 2022 by Éditions Gallimard Jeunesse.
His favorite quote:
Mom says I'm beautiful, but she's sorely lacking in objectivity.
She would probably say that even if I looked like a potato.
It's nice to keep telling myself that I'm going to make friends, but what my parents don't understand is that no one wants to be friends with a potato.
I mean, what's the highlight of a potato?
You can make fries out of it, and it's good, okay… but I'm not sure fries are very good at making conversation.
Why this book?
Because it's the perfect children's novel to end the summer
in style and start the school year in good company.
By good company, I mean a hilarious, drama-queen, dreamy heroine who is terrified of not being accepted and loved by her classmates.
Because Lottie's best friend had the nerve to
move to Australia, leaving her alone and friendless to face back to sixth form, so stressful for her.
The heroine wants everything to be perfect and then decides to put everything in place to save the Plan she set herself before the start of classes.
Of course, things may not go as planned...
Because the young girl only dreams of friends,
popularity and puberty in this novel whose central themes are entering adolescence and friendship.
However, the heroine is not a stereotype of American teenage movie without relief nor capacity of introspection.
We certainly discover her sometimes naive and superficial, but she is also sensitive, relevant and full of humor.
Because the format of the novel is very pleasant to read
but also very accessible to young readers.
This is a diary embellished with black and white illustrations of the heroine who would one day like to be a designer and specialize in comics.
The author herself signs the illustrations in this novel.
Because
The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks
is a fresh and funny novel in which an endearing young girl gradually puts into perspective what is important in life.
Through this dive into her diary, young readers can easily identify with the heroine or find themselves in certain purely preadolescent and timeless issues.
In short, a novel that entertains with bursts of laughter but also teaches us to see beyond appearances.
The essentials in 2 minutes
The plot.
Lottie is 11 years old and preparing to go back to college, terrified at the idea of not being like those she admires so much with her blow-dried top and a full bra.
She confides in her diary about a year full of twists and turns with a sense of hilarious drama.
Characters.
Lottie is a funny young girl who can be shrewd, lively and intelligent, but also naïve and easily influenced when it comes to making the decisions that are right for her.
Places.
The story takes place mostly in college and at the heroine's.
The time.
The novel takes place today and begins at the end of the summer holidays, shortly before the start of the 6th grade.
The author.
Katie Kirby is a blogger, author and illustrator with a degree in advertising and marketing and living in Brighton, England.
She is also the author of the children's novel Journal d'un misunderstood translated into ten languages.
This book was read with
pleasure by Anne-So Echos de Mots, blogger specializing in children's and teenage literature.
“For me, reading can be as much a personal pleasure in which one runs to take refuge as an excuse to discuss and meet other readers.
I am a lover of words always interested in new discoveries.
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