Frizzy by Claribel A. OrtegaMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I loved it and it made me cry, really I'm too emotional when it comes to some topics and when it touches kids. It is such a beautiful book, I liked everything about it either the illustrations which are amazing and vibrant or the story which treated about some serious and real topics like self-love, the impact of parents' opinion on their kids' self-esteem and image like the idea of good hair, bad. The author really speaks in a soft way, I might say, about a serious topic such as anti-blackness.
Even if it is a middle grade graphic novel book yet it had some important messages for its readers. I'm sure it will help a lot of kids to learn to accept and love themselves and their differences either when it comes to their hair or the color of their skin. For the adults, it might make them realize their mistakes.
Truly it hurts when you hear a little girl crying and asking her mom that she is not beautiful and wants to have a white skin because, in front of her, a stupid teacher told this little girl's classmate that she is "white" and beautiful. Yeah, this book might help a lot of little girls and maybe mothers to make things easier for their kids at home because they get enough trauma from the others outside.
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