Karen's Roller Skates: A Graphic Novel
by Ann M. Martin
Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novels (9), Baby-Sitters Little Sister (Graphic Novels — Graphic Novel #2)
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It's going to be a great weekend! Karen has new roller skates and is a very good skater. She's looking forward to trying some new tricks. But, oh no! Karen falls down and has to go to the hospital. Her wrist is broken! Karen is determined to get everyone she knows -- plus someone famous -- to sign her cast. It isn't going to be easy, but she won't give up until the job is done.Tags
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Karen loves her roller skates and trying new tricks, but one wrong turn ends up with Karen at the hospital with a broken wrist. When she comes across a schoolmate who also has a broken bone and boasts about how many signatures are on his cast, Karen becomes determined to have a just-as-exciting cast when they both return to school on Monday.
The "Little Sister" line of the BSC is perfect for readers who love the series and want a little more, as well as for their younger siblings who aren't quite ready for the more advanced themes and vocabulary of the mainline stories but want to be in the know.
Like with the main BSC titles, these stories tackle fairly typical kid problems, generally showing good values along the way. Karen becomes show more overly competitive at one point in this book, but learns that it's more important to include others than 'best' them. She also exaggerates to make her story more interesting in her mind's eye, only to discover that folks like her actual story.
Also, I always appreciate that Karen's story shows divorced and re-married families, complete with a stepfamily to highlight how family dynamics are not always cookie-cutter but can still work for everyone. show less
The "Little Sister" line of the BSC is perfect for readers who love the series and want a little more, as well as for their younger siblings who aren't quite ready for the more advanced themes and vocabulary of the mainline stories but want to be in the know.
Like with the main BSC titles, these stories tackle fairly typical kid problems, generally showing good values along the way. Karen becomes show more overly competitive at one point in this book, but learns that it's more important to include others than 'best' them. She also exaggerates to make her story more interesting in her mind's eye, only to discover that folks like her actual story.
Also, I always appreciate that Karen's story shows divorced and re-married families, complete with a stepfamily to highlight how family dynamics are not always cookie-cutter but can still work for everyone. show less
I wasn't a fan of the first graphic novel because Karen was just sooooo bratty, but she's a much more reasonable child this time around, and I found myself enjoying this little tale about broken bones and truthfulness. A good book for introducing little kids to what goes on at a hospital when you've had an accident.
Karen is thrilled with her new roller skates—until she takes a tumble and breaks her wrist. Not one to give up, she sets out to collect signatures on her cast, even hoping to snag one from someone famous! With Katy Farina’s lively illustrations, expressive characters, and clean, engaging dialogue, this graphic adaptation captures all the humor and charm of Karen’s world. It’s an easy win for developing readers: short, visual, and full of personality.
Seven year old Karen, injured roller skating, winds up competing with a classmate over who can acquire the most impressive collection of signatures on their cast.
The story is fairly slight but the illustrations are cute and I appreciated that Karen fibs, she loses her temper, her priorities are a bit off, etc., in other words, she isn’t perfect.
The story is fairly slight but the illustrations are cute and I appreciated that Karen fibs, she loses her temper, her priorities are a bit off, etc., in other words, she isn’t perfect.
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- Canonical title
- Karen's Roller Skates: A Graphic Novel
- Alternate titles
- Karen's Roller Skates: A Graphic Novel
- Original publication date
- 2020-07
- People/Characters
- Karen Brewer; Andrew Brewer; Lisa Engle (Karen Brewer's mother); Seth Engle (Lisa Engle's husband); Watson Brewer; Elizabeth Thomas (show all 23); Kristy Thomas; Charlie Thomas; Sam Thomas; David Michael Thomas; Tabitha Porter (Morbidda Destiny); Morbidda Destiny (Tabitha Porter); Dr. Humphrey; Ricky Torres; Hannie Papadakis; George Papadakis; Mrs. Papadakis; Sari Papadakis; Linny Papadakis; Shannon Kilbourne; Amanda Delaney; Max Delaney; Roger Jones (of the Mr. Tastee ice cream truck)
- Important places
- Stoneybrook, Connecticut, USA
- Dedication
- This book is in loving memory of my grandmother Adele Read Martin, August 2, 1894 - April 18, 1988 - A. M. M.
For my parents, who were always there to make scrapes, sickness, and broken bones feel better - K. F. - First words
- Look out! Look out! Coming through!
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And I want to see Amy Morris's signature!
- Blurbers
- Galligan, Gale
- Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice
- Based on the novel by Ann M. Martin, this is the graphic novel adaptation by Ann M. Martin and Katy Farina. Do not combine with Ann M. Martin's original novel of the same name.
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- Graphic Novels & Comics
- DDC/MDS
- 741.5 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing and drawings Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips
- LCC
- PZ7.7 .F355 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- English, French, Spanish
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