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Zits: Chillax (2013)

by Jerry Scott(Favorite Author)

3.78 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

006222851X (ISBN13: 9780062228512)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

HarperTeen

review 1: Jeremy felt helpless that his friend(Tim)’s mom got cancer. Jeremy and his friends were finally going to get to go to an epic rock concert without any parents (the band they want to see is called Gingivitis) but Tim is donating bone marrow for his mom on that night. Jeremy and his best friends Hector, Pierce, Sara (Jeremy’s girlfriend) and Dijon (Sara’s BFF) try to figure out how to help Tim. Sara and Dijon decide to go with Tim to the hospital when he donated the marrow, Pierce shaves his head in support, Jeremy and Hector hatch a plan of their own to try to help out.When I first got this book, I was thinking it would be a compilation (that’s my new word for today – thank you Mr. Thesaurus :) ) of Zits comic strips. I love reading Zits in the newspaper! This is... moren’t a bunch of comics, it’s a middle grade novel! Very cool. The novel has a bunch of great black and white illustrations throughout it. I think that Mr. Scott and Mr. Borgman did a great job changing their comic strip into an MG book. I also liked that besides lots of comic strip humor, the book had a story. It tells about how Jeremy has to deal with his girlfriend and how he wants to get to the rock concert but it also has the serious part to the plot about his friend’s mom having cancer. It made the story believable for me. It is kind of like real life. I also liked that I learned more about the characters in the Zits comic than I get just reading the strip.*NOTE* I got a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review
review 2: The authors/illustrators of the Zits comic strip have done a remarkable job in expanding the characters into a full-length novel, integrating the prose with original drawings. And by doing so they give their main character,Jeremy, some much-needed depth (as they do for Hector, Pierce, and the oft-forgotten Tim). The story deals with Jeremy and Hector going to a concert by their Rock God heroes, Gingivitis, a serious health scare, friendship, and, of course, a bit of growing up. Like the comic strip, he story never talks down to teens (or adults) and respects all viewpoints. Honestly, if someone had told me I would like this book as much as I did, I doubt I would have believed itIf you have a reluctant reader who at least reads the Zits comic strip, do them a favor and get them this book (or Zits: Shreader). They'll hank you for it. (Mind you, if they're a teenager you might have to wait for a decade or two for that thank you...) less

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