Emmie & Friends: Invisible Emmie and Positively Izzy Bind-up: Invisible Emmie, Positively Izzy

Emmie & Friends #1-2

by Terri Libenson

Double the fun, double the drama of middle school! Return to the beginning of the New York Times bestselling Emmie & Friends series with this limited-edition two books in one, which includes  Invisible Emmie  and  Positively Izzy, by award-winning cartoonist Terri Libenson.   Crushes. Humiliation. Labels. MIDDLE SCHOOL.  Invisible Emmie is the story of two totally different girls — quiet, shy, artistic Emmie and popular, outgoing, athletic Katie — and how their lives unexpectedly intersect one day, when an embarrassing note falls into the wrong hands...    Positively Izzy is the story of Izzy, the dreamer and Bri, the brain. Izzy loves acting and making up funny stories but can’t quite focus on schoolwork. Bri wants people to see there’s more to her than straight A’s. The girls’ lives converge on the day of the school talent show, which turns out to be even more dramatic than either Bri or Izzy could have imagined... 

Genres: Graphic Novels

416 pages, Paperback

Published November 7, 2023

About the author

Terri Libenson (pronounced LEE-ben-son) is a New York Times bestselling children’s book author and award-winning cartoonist of the syndicated daily comic strip, The Pajama Diaries, which ran from 2006-2020. She was also an award-winning humorous card writer for American Greetings.

Terri graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a BFA in illustration and a minor in art history. Her daily syndicated comic strip, The Pajama Diaries, launched with King Features in 2006 and ran in hundreds of newspapers internationally until its retirement in January, 2020. Pajama Diaries has been nominated four times for the Reuben Award for “Best Newspaper Comic Strip” by the National Cartoonists Society and won in 2016. You can read the Pajama Diaries archives daily on ComicsKingdom.com.

Terri has three Pajama Diaries book collections: Deja To-Do, Having It All–And No Time To Do It, and Bat-Zilla. She is also the New York Times bestselling author of the middle grade series, Emmie & Friends (Balzer + Bray).

Born and raised in Kingston, PA, Terri lives with her husband and two daughters in Cleveland, OH.

Reviews

[Sofia · Rating 5 out of 5]

These are very great books to read. I read both of them in just a couple weeks!

Positively Izzy is a book about here sneaking out and then her sister caught. Then, she can't go to the talent show. Invisible Emmie is the best book. Invisible Emmie is about her and her friend Brianna trying to talk to their boyfriends. It was so wonderful. My favorite part in Positively Izzy is when her mom said she could actually go to the talent show. My favorite part in Invisible Emmie is when she actually talks to her boyfriend and not in her head.

I read the book two times. One time in 2nd grade and another in 4th. I would recommend these books to millions of people. I would recommend these books because it talks about them finding there confidence. These were mind blowing books written by Terri Libenson!

[Rayanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

The stories throughout dragged on and on which is why it took me a while to finish because it bored me but each story had an ending that I couldn’t even predict. Those were great twists fr! Overall though, it was good but definitely meant for a younger audience lol

[Julia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great 4th or 5th grade read.