Thought bubbles surround Raina in some panels, crowding her with anxious “what if”s, while in others her negative self-talk appears to be literally crushing her. Amping up the green, wavy lines to evoke Raina’s nausea, Telgemeier brilliantly produces extremely accurate visual representations of stress and anxiety. Her therapist helps her learn to ground herself and relax, and in turn she teaches her classmates for a school project. At first Raina isn’t sure about seeing a therapist, but over time she develops healthy coping mechanisms to deal with her stress and anxiety. She worries about sharing food with her friends and eating certain kinds of foods, afraid of getting sick or food poisoning. Raina begins having regular stomachaches that keep her home from school. Even a year later, when she is in fifth grade, she fears getting sick. Young Raina is 9 when she throws up for the first time that she remembers, due to a stomach bug. (minibiographies, glossary, prompts, about the authors and illustrators) Those interested in learning more are directed to the app and QR codes linking to longer audio stories. Fans of motivational vignettes will enjoy browsing through this title. Each one-page biography is accompanied by a full-page portrait that captures the subject’s energy and determination. The profiles include a good balance of subjects from the sciences, arts, sports, business, and activism for example, Bulgarian anti-bullying activist Milena Radoytseva, Māori artist and mental health advocate Te Manaia Jennings, and Canadian wheelchair basketball player Puisand Lai. What they all have in common is a belief in their own strength and ability to bring about change. The rest are less well-known young women who are diverse in age, race, ability, sexual identity, country of origin, and field of expertise, from Dewmini, a Sri Lankan teen whose home garden helped her impoverished family, to Judit Giró Benet, a Spanish biomedical engineer in her 20s working on early breast cancer detection.
A few are widely recognized names, such as Jazz Jennings, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, and Greta Thunberg. This volume, written by 13 authors and with full-color illustrations by 80 artists, focuses on young people following their passions toward innovation and success.
#REBEL GIRLS GOOD NIGHT STORIES SERIES#
Brief profiles of young changemakers working toward a better future.Ī foreword by young conservationist Bindi Irwin opens the latest entry in this series of inspiring collective biographies of women and girls.
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