Louder Than Words

My Hair Power

Thin Space

Recipe for Disaster

The Fantora Family Photographs (Puffin Fiction)

A Smile

The Kissing Game

Inspirational 30-Day Affirmation Challenge for Teens: Boost Your Mood, Fuel Your Faith & Be Inspired

Brinkley Yearbooks

Everyone knows the most stressful day of middle school is picture day ! And that's exactly where this yearbook-worthy graphic novel series opener begins: with reinventing yourself, drama, popularity, and the friends who see you through.

Seventh-grader Viv never looks forward to picture day. It’s just another day where she wears a boring braid and no one notices her. (Her two best friends, Milo and Al, don’t count, of course.) 

But enough is enough. This year, she’s taking matters into her own hands. Literally. Viv grabs a pair of scissors, her phone for live-streaming, and, well, bye-bye braid.

Suddenly Viv is an over-night influencer at Brinkley Middle School. Everyone wants her help planning their next big moment—from haircuts, to dance proposals, activist rallies and mathlete championships. She hardly even has time for her friends anymore. It’s exactly how she dreamed of reinventing herself…right?

In the tradition of modern classics like Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared , Svetlana Chmakova's Awkward , and Kayla Miller's Click , Picture Day brings answers to perennial questions of what it means to be true to yourself—and a true friend.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Louder Than Words

Iris St. Clair, 2014

My Hair Power

Timsha R. Batiste, 2020

Thin Space

Jody Casella, 2013

Recipe for Disaster

Jim Benton, 2020

The Fantora Family Photographs (Puffin Fiction)

Adèle Geras, Tony Ross, 1993

A Smile

Isaiah L Allen, 2023

The Kissing Game

Jean Ure, 2014

Inspirational 30-Day Affirmation Challenge for Teens: Boost Your Mood, Fuel Your Faith & Be Inspired

Scriptseeds, 2023