September 1, 2020
Grades 3-6 In this sequel to the New York Times best-selling Nat Enough (2020), readers connect again with middle school student Natalie and her friends Zoe and Flo. This time around, Nat is excited and nervous about a possible romance. She has a crush on her friend Derek, who also loves comic books and is fun to be around, but once she starts changing herself to align with Derek's preferences, Nat's pals start feeling like they're losing their best friend. When she starts breaking promises and canceling plans, Zoe lets Nat know that she's feeling disrespected and angry at Nat's thoughtlessness. After some embarrassing encounters and a dance that doesn't go as Nat hoped, she realizes that she wasn't being a great friend and vows to regain her true identity. As with the first volume, Scrivan's cartoony artwork is bubbly and colorful, making for another fun and thoughtful middle-grade graphic novel for fans of Shannon Hale's Real Friends (2017) or Lucy Knisley's Stepping Stones (2020).(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2020, American Library Association.)