Heartstopper: Volume One

This is a really cute YA comic about making a new friend, how important supportive/caring family and friends are, and being honest with yourself. About knowing you have the strength to walk away from what's not right for you or walking towards what is right for you.

Alice Osman does a great job of building up the friendship between Charlie and Nick, as well as creating a truly believable basis for romance. The fear kids face about not fitting in is really accurately depicted in this comic. Thinking about the 10 and 12 year old in my house, I'd feel comfortable with them reading this book even though there is one swear and a few pages that will make them very uncomfortable.

The only real negative is that the pages with longer text messages are hard to read because of the color choice. This is probably me being old! Ha!