Ailsa WildRecensioni

6/10

Odd but almost interesting. A nurse on the Western Front in France during World War I catches dysentery and the story divides into two tracks as we see her getting sick in the world we are used to seeing and follow on a microscopic level the infectious bacteria ravaging her intestinal cells and battling her immune system.

Having the war setting is supposed to help make the scientific stuff more exciting, but it's still a pretty dull slog, especially if you try to make it through all the text after the story.

A nurse in the First World War contracts dysentery from a wounded soldier. This educational graphic novel shows the microscopic detail of the progress of the disease in her gut.

I'm lucky enough to get to read many children's books in my various roles, and even luckier to sometime sget review copies.
I hadn't me Squishy previously, but I will now be looking out for her. She's very excellent, and I love that her life's not perfect, and that she's not perfect either. She's very accessible and likeable.
The bonus sisters are step-family, and the blended nature of Squishy's family is well handled - not too goody-goody, not too patronising, not too 'read this it will be good for you to learn' Well done, Ailsa Wild.
Great illustrations too.
Get it for someone you love.