Miss Quinces
by Kat Fajardo
color by Mariana Azzi
Graphix (Scholastic), 2022. 252 pages.
Review written June 28, 2022, from a library book
Starred Review
The trials and tribulations of middle school and early high school are perfect material for graphic novels, and this one will delight young graphic novel fans.
All Sue wants to do the summer she turns fifteen is hang out with her comic creator nerdy friends, but her family is going to Honduras to see her abuela and various aunts, uncles, and cousins. Once there, to Sue’s horror, she learns that her mother has planned to throw her a quinceañera.
Sue protests, because she doesn’t want all the attention, doesn’t know how to dance, doesn’t speak Spanish well, and doesn’t like pink. But her abuela tells her about family traditions and she works out a deal with her mother that might make even having a quinces party worth it.
The plans all get thrown off in various ways, but the result is a graphic novel full of humor and heart with a big family learning how much they love each other despite lots of foibles.
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