Kristy and the Snobs (GN#10)

Publication Date: 2021

Ghostwriter? No, the text copyright is for Ann M. Martin.

Illustrator: Chan Chau

Synopsis:

The plot is, as expected, pretty much like the non-graphic version. 


Established or continued in this book:

The Girls (and Logan):

Claudia candy: just a bag of chips in this picture that serves as Chapter Two

Shannon joins the club:

Their Families: 

Louie's last day and night:

The Club (and clients): 

Papadakis kids:

The Delany kids before Stacey "tames" them:

Mary Anne and Logan sitting for Jamie Newton and Gabby and Myriah Perkins:

SMS:

Lunch room:

PSA Time: 

There's a safe, effective vaccine for chicken pox now. The herpes zoster virus causes chicken pox and stays in the body forever, potentially resurfacing as shingles later in life. Some places (England, for example) don't vaccinate against chicken pox because people who had it in the past are more likely to develop shingles if not exposed to herpes zoster regularly, as one would be if around kids with chicken pox...but there are vaccines for shingles too... While the chicken pox rarely comes with serious risk, those risks are possible--and preventable. I would gladly risk shingles, even after seeing my dad get post-herpetic neuralgia, if it means my kids and further generations won't have to worry about it. Since the chicken pox vaccine has been standard in the US for close to three decades now, I'm surprised the Pikes' plague wasn't updated to a different disease.

Misc:

Martin dedicates this book to memory of "Neena and Grandpa."

Chau dedicates it to "Erik Munson, Danya Adair, Alice Woods, Bleb, and Maddi Gonzales for being there when I needed someone the most. And to my incredible friends and family."

Aww... the drawing of David Michael accepting Shannon the dog from Shannon the human is very sweet. Overall, the graphic novel is as emotionally moving as the original.