Middle School Confidential 3: What's Up With My Family?
© 2015 Electric Eggplant
Third in a series, this 38-page (screen) graphic novel once again mixes a meaningful middle school theme with an innovative touch-screen presentation. The story is based on Book 3 of Annie Fox's Middle School Confidential series, in which Jack, Jen, Chris, Abby, Mateo, and Michelle (from books 1 and 2) deal with the fact that no family member is “perfect.” They run into sibling rivalry, divorce and dealing with strong emotions in heated situations. We liked how you quickly jump between the panels, zooming in and out of of an illustration with a quick double tap. While the text is not narrated, each scene is illustrated by subtle background sounds. Content consists of eight chapters, each with a related multiple choice quiz; an easy-reading graphic novel format; an auto-save feature that remembers your place in the story; and an info page that allows you to jump to the beginning of any of the eight chapters. The illustrations are by Matt Kindt.
$2.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 6.0 or later.), Android, Kindle
Teaches: social emotional development, reading
CTR Rating: 87.5%