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The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci, Jim Rugg
4.0

I really enjoyed the story in PLAIN Janes. It's starts off with a bombing that Jane is in the vicinity of in a major city. This really freaks out her parents out and they are concerned because of some drastic decisions Jane makes after the ordeal. They decide to move to another town. This means Jane needs to start another highschool. Jane decides she doesn't want to be popular when befriended by the "in crowd". Jane wants to do something and become her own. She meets a group, who are all called Jane. As a group they grow and discover themselves through art. Through all this Jane isn't the only one suffering her mother has also been quite affected, and that in turn makes Jane more not ok.

It was really interesting to see Jane evolve and overcome obstacles, but never give up on her main dream. I would definitely suggest this book to any preteens struggling to find themselves in this crazy world. The artwork was phenomenal, the extra snippets of the evolution of the artwork was so interesting.
Thank you to @littlebrown @hbgcanada for providing me the opportunity to read the PLAIN Janes by Cecil Castellucci and illustrated by Jim Rugg