Good As Lily by Derek Kirk Kim, illustrated by Jesse Hamm.
MG/YA fiction (mostly realistic fiction, but with a speculative fiction aspect), 150 pages.
Minx, DC Comics, New York, 2007.
Lexile: Not leveled.
AR Level: 3.0 (worth 2.0 points) .
NOTE: While the text is a third grade level, this is written for older children.
On Grace Kwon’s 18th birthday, things get a little weird. Friends whisk her away, guitar strings break, and a strange accident with an unwanted pinata leads her to leave her favorite present behind in the park. And when she meets versions of herself at ages 6, 27, and 70, it gets a whole lot weirder.
This is a special review. See, this is a re-read, but it’s also a book I first read in 2007. At the time I was devouring graphic novels as fast as I could get them. However, unlike most of those quick reads, the plot of this one stuck with me for the past decade. I couldn’t remember the title for a long time, just that it was a Minx book. After seeing ReGifters on this great list, I suddenly recalled that Lily was in the title, and was able to find the info. Lily is not the main character’s name, which made it more difficult for me to remember.
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