Squirrel Meets World

This was really fun, and I'm glad it exists, especially for kids who might be turned off by graphic novels but are interested in the character of Squirrel Girl. Or just squirrels. IDK.

There is a lot of Marvel Universe injokey stuff (Doreen's texts to all the other Avengers) but I think it mostly would still be funny on some level even to kids who aren't as familiar.

I also loved that Doreen's friend is a hearing impaired Latina girl!

I will say that for me, personally, I didn't like it as much as I like Ryan North's comics (the humor is a little more silly and a little less...whatever Ryan North is), but, also, this book isn't really for me, and I think this will be a lot of fun for a lot of middle-grade readers.

I debated between 3 & 4 stars for this but I'm rounding up to 4 mainly for Tony Stark's text messages and Doreen's footnotes.

Doreen is a spunky optimistic heroine. Shannon writes delightful and fun dialog. Reading this feels like watching a superhero cartoon.