I think this helped stray away from the typical mean girl trope often present in children’s books targeted towards girls because readers get to see the peer pressure that Maya faces. In Just Jaime, you get to see the story from Jaime and Maya. One aspect of Just Jaime that I enjoyed were the two perspectives, which was not present in Real Friends. Sadly for Just Jaime, I enjoyed the other story a little bit more. Since these stories were so similar, I constantly found myself comparing the two graphic novels. I read Real Friends by Shannon Hale earlier this year and the plot of this book sounded extremely similar despite taking place in different time periods (Real Friends is a memoir of Hale’s experience in middle school and Just Jaime is a fiction story that takes place in the present). I saw Just Jaime available within my library’s e-books. Maya wants the popularity that her new friends offer, however, she struggles to determine if that popularity is more important than her friend Jaime. Ever since Jaime and Maya befriended two new girls at the start of middle school, Jaime notices her best friend get pulled further and further away by the leader of the pack who frequently puts down Jaime. Just Jaime by Terri Libenson is a middle-grade graphic novel that follows Jaime and Maya, two friends at odds before summer vacation. Unfortunately, Just Jaime was just average for me.
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