This is a lovely book in multiple ways. It is drawn beautifully- with gorgeous panels featuring imaginative landscapes and characters. It is also a great story, which is heartfelt and moving. I like the fact that everything is not perfectly resolved as the book ends. I think many of students would love this book.

Love, Misha follows Misha, a non-binary teen on a road trip with their mom (Audrey), who has been an inconsistent presence in their life. Audrey is supportive of Misha's identity on paper, but is struggling with pronouns and support, Misha is struggling to express to Audrey how her dismissive attitude is impacting them.

A few wrong turns land Misha and Audrey in a spirit world where they don't know who they can trust to help them get back.

Along the way, they encounter memorable characters and grow closer together.

A queer story about parent/child drifting apart and coming back together after major hardships. While the story is fantastical in it's elements, at it's core, it's about two coming back together, admitting their faults, and still fighting to love each other and commit to growing.

I thoroughly enjoyed getting to see the world be built from the perspective of outsiders at odds with each other. There are definitely hard moments to read, especially experiencing being misgendered frequently.

Beautiful Ghibli-esque book! I could definitely see this as an overarching series between the main character and their mother. I loved the dark twists and turns of the spirit world, and that the way for people to find their way back was not to be lost with themselves and those they love.

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5

An absolutely beautiful story told in stunning illustration that hits a lot of notes that many queer people will certainly relate to. Definitely a book to recommend to libraries and for your personal shelves!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing an eARC for me to review!

This is Studio Ghibli levels of cute and mystical with a big big focus on gender identity and family dynamics!! The art is ADORABLE and the storyline (while a bit predictable) is well developed and wraps up nicely.

If you have a nonbinary person in your life and are struggling with using their correct pronouns, READ THIS BOOK.

And then go use their correct pronouns. :P

10/10, very cute, Odun is bae, etc., etc...

Loved this and can't wait until it comes out and I can share it at the library! Would recommend to the middle and high school age range. It hits a lot of notes that kids are looking for, like a parent-child relationship that is difficult, to say the least, an adventure through an imaginative magical world, and messy, multidimensional characters that aren't purely evil or good. I thought the comparisons to Spirited Away would set me up for disappointment, but I think they're actually pretty apt, I just wish we got to spend more time in the spirit world. One book wasn't enough!