īrigid Alverson named it one of her top 10 graphic novels for kids in 2017.

It was also nominated to the YALSA list of the Great Graphic Novels for Teens, included on 's list of Best Comics and Graphic Novels of 2017, and ICv2's Top 10 Kids Graphic Novels of 2017. Brave was later named as one of the School Library Journal 's Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2017. Good Comics for Kids, a blog hosted by School Library Journal called it 'a surefire hit' with magnificent artwork.

He reads the bullying handouts he received from the newspaper club and begins to wonder if he is being bullied.īrave has received largely positive reviews by book critics. He joins the newspaper club after becoming frustrated in the art club when he learns that some well-known authors (who all his friends know about but he doesn’t) will be visiting Berry Brook Middle School. Jensen Graham is a member of the art club who is bullied and ignored by his school mates on a daily basis, although he does not consider it bullying. Jenson spends his time plotting to save the world - or at least his school - from a zombie apocalypse while avoiding the guys who pick on him constantly and the uncomfortable situations that happen in middle school. The fourth book in the series, Diary features a short story featuring Jensen and his friends. Brave, a graphic novel by Svetlana Chmakova, brings to life the thoughts and feelings of a middle school boy who is being bullied. Olivia which is Jorge’s best friend is also introduced in the story. The next novel in the Berrybrook series, Crush, will follow the character Jorge, who was introduced in Brave as Jensen's project partner. The book is set in the same Berrybrook Middle School as in her preceding Awkward, but follows a different character, Jensen, who had a minor role in Awkward. Hes big enough that nobody really messes with him, but hes also a genuinely sweet guy with a solid, reliable. Brave is a children's graphic novel written by Svetlana Chmakova. Following the overwhelming success of AWKWARD and BRAVE, Svetlana Chmakovas award winning Berrybrook Middle School series continues with its next installment - CRUSH Jorge seems to have it all together.

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