Cici's Journal
Cici's Journal
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Roaring Brook Press
Just the Series: Cici's Journal Vol. 1   

Series and Publisher: Cici's Journal   

Annotation: Cici dreams of being a novelist. Her favorite subject: people, especially adults. She's been watching them and taking no... more
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #6671559
Format: Paperback
Special Formats: Graphic Novel Graphic Novel
Copyright Date: 2021
Edition Date: 2021 Release Date: 07/20/21
ISBN: 1-626-72247-1
ISBN 13: 978-1-626-72247-7
Dewey: Fic
Language: English
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Kirkus Reviews

A young girl's imagination meets wholesome, kid-centered storytelling in this sweet graphic novel.In this cleverly illustrated story, readers meet 10-year-old Cici, who lives with her mother in a picturesque village with friends. An avid diarist, she wants to be a writer when she grows up. One day, while in the forest treehouse she has built with her best friends, she spies an unusual sight: a mysterious older man, accompanied by a parrot, carrying paint cans through the forest. She and her friends set out to figure out both the man's identity and his secret, hidden deep in the forest behind a looming stone wall. What follows is a tender story involving a zoo, animals, helping others, and the powers of art and kindness. Curiosity, imagination and teamwork take center stage. Most characters, including Cici, present White, though characters of color are present in peripheral roles. While Cici's story is told primarily by a third-person narrator, the text's key visual innovation is to periodically insert illustrated excerpts from Cici's diary as well as newspaper clippings and photographs of events in the story. The final pages include a space for readers to contribute an illustration. While the clunky, at-times saccharine dialogue might be off-putting to some, the colorful and charming mystery at the center of the text will render this infelicity inconsequential for most.May have younger readers beginning their own writing, painting, or scrapbooking adventures. (Graphic mystery. 8-12)

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Word Count: 12,558
Reading Level: 3.1
Interest Level: 3-6
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.1 / points: 2.0 / quiz: 192405 / grade: Middle Grades
Lexile: GN460L

Cici dreams of being a novelist. Her favorite subject: people, especially adults. She's been watching them and taking notes. Everybody has one special secret, Cici figures, and if you want to write about people, you need to understand what's hiding inside them. But now she's discovered something truly strange: an old man who disappears into the forest every Sunday with huge pots of paint in all sorts of colors. What is he up to? Why does he look so sad when he comes back? In a graphic novel interwoven with journal notes, scrapbook pieces, and doodles, Cici assembles clues about the odd and wonderful people she's uncovered, even as she struggles to understand the mundane: her family and friends.


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