Holm, Jennifer L. and Holm, Matthew. Babymouse: Queen of the World. New York : Random House Children's Books, 2005.
Plot: The imaginative Babymouse longs for the life of a queen. However, she lives with chores, messy whiskers, math, and evil lockers. Felicia Furrypaws, the most popular girl in school, definitely enjoys the royal lifestyle, and her slumber party offers a peek into a regal world. Babymouse must convince the school queen to let her join the party. However, the high life may not offer the pleasures or acceptance she expects.
Genre: Graphic Novel, Comics, Coming of Age
Reading Level: Grades 1-6
Similar Titles: Junie B. Jones series, Babymouse: Rockstar
Personal Thoughts: The titular character presents an unusually balanced view of a junior higher. While Babymouse suffers from bullies, school, and failures, she also enjoys friends, hobbies, and successes through trial, error, and an overactive imagination. Many novels tend to portray the world of tweens as chronically terrible (the Star Wars prequel model) or constantly ending happily ever after (the Brady Bunch method). Babymouse offers a view of someone with creativity, sarcasm, and hopes. Sometimes she wins, sometimes she looses, but she always survives the situations. As a result, the series is positive without becoming preachy.
The series recently published its 17th book.
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