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Be More Chill

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 Earlier this year, the Be More Chill graphic novel was released! I love this musical so much so it was great to see it in a book format. Now, it has the honor to be included in my books and musical series! More Than Survive Miss. Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs      In "More Than Survive," Jeremy talks about how he just wants to fit in and survive. At the beginning of  Miss. Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children , Jacob feels like he would never be anything more than normal.      Jacob Portman was always told stories of his grandfather's childhood. His stories were full of kids with amazing powers who lived in a big house run by Miss. Peregrine. There were invisible boys and girls who could make fire with their hands in his grandfather's stories. Jacob is convinced that the stories are just fairy tales until his visits the small island his grandfather grew up on.  There he meets the children he grew up hearing stories a...

Be More Chill: The Graphic Novel by Ned Vizzini

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 Jeremy Heere couldn't be more than a loser. His hopeless crush on Christine seems to be getting nowhere. Then, Jeremy finds out about the Squip. The Squip is a super-computer pill that will help you be cool and chill. Thinking that it's the only way to make Christine like him, it buys it. But it isn't long until Jeremy discovers that there's a dark side to the Squip. Be More Chill: The Graphic Novel  is based on the Tony-nominated musical of the same name. I am obsessed with this musical so when I found out that there was a graphic novel, I was over the moon with excitement. This graphic novel was amazing in every way- except one. The only thing I didn't like was that Christine was so different than in the musical. On Broadway, Christine was kind of a dork while she seemed really bitchy in the graphic novel. Other than that, Be More Chill  was great! There were so many references to the musical within the book and this is definitely something I would go back and pi...