Short and sweet graphic novel about Coco’s adventures in sixth grade. The story is a bit centered on Coco and her basketball team but there are different themes weaved throughout the book, such changing friendships, anxiety, and finding one’s self confidence.

Readers will cringe and laugh alongside a character whose friendship troubles and emerging sexuality are timelessly relatable.

cute Graphic Novel about resilience and moving on when you think everyone has left you. I loved how the brother taught her Coco how to be brave with coping skills, counting down backwards to five and then jumping in, even when you are scared.

I loved this middle grade graphic novel! The depiction of Coco's anxiety was really strong; brother gave her a tool to try and she used it, growing in confidence and self-love each time. I appreciated how complex all the side characters were, a rich tapestry.

This is a nice middle grade graphic novel about a subject that many tweens will relate to. Coco struggles to make friends and joins the basketball team to remedy that. However, the team isn't necessarily very cohesive, and Coco isn't the most naturally athletic. She deals with bullying, navigating relationships, and sports, which most teens and tweens do.

The yellow and purple complementary colors throughout are pleasant, and Coco is a nice character to root for.

This is a kinda memoir, so it seems unlikely that it's the start of a series.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

Readers will love this mostly memoir from Coco Fox in the form of a charmingly illustrated graphic novel.

At first I thought that Coco Fox was what we in education call “on the spectrum,” meaning on the autism spectrum because 11-year-old Coco doesn’t have the social skills that you’d expect from a sixth grader. But I soon discovered that, as she’d had only one friend since was 3, Coco simply hadn’t had the chance to develop any until her bestie, Blair, moved from Carmel, Ind., to Boston.

When Coco joins the Lady Owls basketball team at Orchard Middle School, she has to make a bunch of new friends. But with Coco’s bad social skills, will she? Readers will love both author Fox’s story and her enchanting illustrations — perfect for tweens and teens in search of friends at such a difficult age.

In the interest of full disclosure, I received this book from NetGalley, HarperCollins Children’s Books and HarperAlley in exchange for an honest review.