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    Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom
    Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom
    Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom
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    Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom

    By Booki Vivat

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    An instant New York Times bestseller, Booki Vivat's Frazzled is the first installment of a funny middle grade graphic novel series about a girl who is always in a tizzy.

    “Hilarious.” (NPR’s All Things Considered)

    "Honest, sweet, and laugh-out-loud funny. Fans of Smile and Diary of a Wimpy Kid will appreciate this debut." (Brightly.com)

    Meet Abbie Wu. Abbie is in crisis—and not just because she’s starting middle school or because she’s stuck in a family that doesn’t quite get her or because everyone seems to have a Thing except her. Abbie Wu is always in crisis.

    From author and professional doodler Booki Vivat, Frazzled dives right into the mind of this hilariously neurotic middle school girl as she tries to figure out who she is and where she belongs. Akin to Smile by Raina Telgemeier, Frazzled is heavily illustrated, embarrassingly honest, and sure to appeal to anyone in the middle of figuring out how to survive the everyday disasters of growing up.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateSep 27, 2016
    ISBN9780062398802
    Author

    Booki Vivat

    Booki Vivat has been doodling somewhat seriously since 2011 and not-so-seriously since childhood. She grew up in Southern California and graduated from the University of California, San Diego. She is the author of the Frazzled books and lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can follow her on Instagram at @bookibookibooki and on Twitter at @thebookiv.

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    • 3/5
      Fun illustrated novel about a girl finding her way on a day-to-day basis.
    • 3/5
      Abbie Wu, middle child, is not looking forward to middle school. She doesn't know what her Thing is, where she'll shine. This gets her down. Abbie is dramatic. But she discovers a thing when she devises an underground lunch trading system to try to deal with injustice in the cafeteria. The book is written with big print and plentiful drawings. It will be a great fit for some struggling or reluctant readers.
    • 4/5
      I really like this book...
      It’s so easy to read and i really enjoyed it.
    • 3/5
      This book is for those looking for a more girl centric Wimpy Kid. This book fits right in. We join our lead as a middle child in Middle School and she hates it!. Everything about it. She very much makes me think of Jan Brady. She feels she doesn’t get enough attention as the middle child. She is always worried and anxious about not being as good as her brother or as loved as her sister. I get the problems, and see many kids who will not only enjoy this read but find themselves in it. As for myself, as an older sister, I just want to tell her to stop whining and enjoy your life. #MGChallege - Debut
    • 3/5
      Cute and funny with pretty delightful illustrations. A good fit for Dork Diary fans or Wimpy Kid fans.

    Book preview

    Frazzled - Booki Vivat

    Now that I’m going into middle school, my whole life is about to begin.

    That’s what Mom told me yesterday. But I didn’t know what she meant and I’m pretty sure she didn’t either.

    Sometimes parents say things because they sound good, even if they aren’t true. Like whenever we talk about school, Mom always tells me the same thing over and over again—

    —as if saying it will somehow make it more true.

    Adults are not helpful at all.

    They just don’t get it. I guess for most of them, middle school was about a MILLION years ago.

    Maybe they forgot all the bad stuff—and there is definitely a LOT of bad stuff.

    If you ask me, the worst part about middle school is the fact that it is

    Nothing good ever happens in the Middles. Consider:

    No electricity, lots of wars, and that whole plague thing.

    Good-bye, personal space.

    Trust me. I know from experience—it’s TERRIBLE.

    The middle is the worst place you could possibly be, and since middle school is the middle of all Middles . . .

    I’ve probably warned everyone I know about the Middles, but no one takes me seriously—not even my own family!

    At the head of the family, there’s

    Everyone says we look exactly the same, but I don’t see the resemblance at all.

    is the youngest—fun, bubbly, and annoyingly adorable.

    Clara smiles all the time and says cute things at exactly the right moment. Adults LOVE her, so she can pretty much get away with anything.

    She is constantly using this to her advantage.

    is the oldest. He’s kind of a legend. THE Peter Wu—good at everything, and I mean EVERYTHING.

    My archnemeses,

    from next door.

    treasurer of the homeowners’ association and neighborhood snitch.

    Even LUCY, the demon squirrel that terrorizes Canyon Vista Park.

    It’s like they are all part of the same club.

    Between Clara and Peter, I’m always just that kid left in the middle. I guess that’s why I’m keeping a record of my life.

    Someday, after I’ve done lots of ultra-impressive and exceptional things, people will look back and think,

    For now, I just have to figure out exactly what those ultra-impressive, exceptional things will be.

    Oh, but first I have to survive middle school and my crazy dreams.

    My dream was an obvious sign of things to come, but when I told everybody about it at dinner the other night, they acted like it was no big deal!

    Well, except Clara, who was too busy making a mountain out of her rice to pay attention.

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