Just Pretend

Fans of Real Friends and Be Prepared will love this energetic, affecting graphic memoir, in which a young girl uses her active imagination to navigate middle school as well as the fallout from her parents' divorce.

Tori has never lived in just one world.

Since her parents' divorce, she's lived in both her mom's house and her dad's new apartment. And in both places, no matter how hard she tries, her family still treats her like a little kid. Then there's school, where friendships old and new are starting to feel more and more out of her hands.

Thankfully, she has books-and writing. And now the stories she makes up in her head just might save her when everything else around her--friendships, school, family--is falling apart.

Author Tori Sharp takes us with her on a journey through the many commonplace but complex issues of fractured families, as well as the beautiful fantasy narrative that helps her cope, gorgeously illustrated and full of magic, fairies, witches and lost and found friendships.

Author: Tori Sharp
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 05/18/2021
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780316538855
Audience: Ages 9-12

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/29/2021 pg. 93
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2021
Booklist 06/01/2021 pg. 59

About the Author
Tori Sharp is a Seattle-based author-illustrator and swing and blues dancer with a BFA in sequential art from SCAD. You can find her online at www.noveltori.com and on Twitter @noveltori. Just Pretend is her debut graphic novel.