Thank you to NetGalley for this eARC in exchange for an honest review.
Stella and her besties, Emiko and Latasha, are so excited for fifth grade. They are in the same class with a great teacher AND their favorite show, Witchlins, is about to drop something super exciting! When Witchlins announces that they have an online game that requires a guidebook, Stella starts to feel left out. She's never been the best reader.
On top of the guidebook, fifth grade has so many words in the textbooks! Stella starts to fall further and further behind in both schoolwork and the Witchlins game. She feels like her friends are leaving her behind as well because all they want to do is talk about the game. They just don't understand how hard it is for Stella.
Thankfully, her teacher recognizes her struggles and helps Stella figure out that she has dyslexia, a learning disorder that makes it difficult to read. Slowly, Stella is able to navigate schoolwork AND work on the Witchlins guidebook once she recognizes her disability.
Not only does the book discuss dyslexia and how to navigate the disability, it also has all the text in a dyslexic friendly font. This font makes it easier for dyslexic readers to read. This graphic novel touched me on a personal level because my sibling has dyslexia and has had the same sorts of troubles that Stella does. I specifically remember them saying that they were stupid because they couldn't read. I'm glad there are more books out there to help kiddos with their learning disabilities and show that they're not broken; they just learning differently than others.