Believe Your Eyes

Reviewed by: Jill O'Connor - North Yarmouth Academy Library, Yarmouth, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: January 10, 2017

Review

This short, colorful graphic novel (48 pages) will appeal to the younger readers, 1st-4th grade, who want to read a series like Bone or Amulet, but aren't quite ready to handle the length and language. Cici is turning 10 and as her birthday starts, as she is coping with her parents' divorce and her best friend's pulling away, she learns that she comes from a magical family and that she has fairy wings. Her abuelita has arrived in time to help guide her through her strange first day as a fairy in which she sees people for who and what they really are (her mom=an octopus, all those girls who just go along with what other people want them to do=chickens) and to let Cici know that she only has one day to decide if she wants to return to her normal life or if she wants to choose to believe and embrace the magic all around her. This is book #1 and hopefully husband and wife team Doerrfeld and Page will continue to pen the adventures of Cici as she learns to cope with and control her magical powers, and navigate the pitfalls of being a young girl with real issues.

Overall Book Score: good