These characters feel very authentic as we experience them in a variety of moods, see their flaws, and find ourselves rooting for them even when we are frustrated with their actions (or inactions). The Greatest Thing follows Winifred and her new best friends, April and Oscar as they stumble through their sophomore year. Raw and realistic, this is a character driven story that is so delightfully nuanced as it addresses a wide variety of social, emotional and psychological struggles, taking aim to successfully capture the reader’s heart. Winifred’s best friends have moved to a private school and she is starting the year alone but making new friends who come together and start a zine while bumbling through teenage life together. The Greatest Thing from author and illustrator Sarah Winifred Searle is a gorgeous graphic novel where art is central to the growing process for the characters while the book itself is also a wonderful expression on the complexity of teenage life. I think it might be the closest thing to magic we have in the world, the ways it can channel emotions, help us communicate complex feelings, and most importantly, the way it can help and heal. I often wonder how I would have survived without art in my life.
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