Review: Eliza and Her Monsters

Eliza and Her Monsters Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Eliza and Her Monsters will be a book students who love online forums, comics or anime will enjoy. Eliza is the designer of the comic Monstrous Sea and has a ton of followers. She hides her identity from the real world until...
“Not all of them will have the boon of their own creations to tether them down; not all of them will be able to create their own spaces where they can be who they want to be and love what they want to love without the fear of someone judging them.” #identity #middleschool #nerdybookclub #yareads #7thgrade #middleschoolela #middleschoolteacher #beyourself #youmatter

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