I loved this graphic novel, the fun topic, and the art was pretty cool too. The only thing I disliked is how the flow of the text wasn't formatted as most comics and graphic novels are. It made it difficult to read at times. It was enough of a problem to pull me out of the story a few times. Outside of that, it was pretty fun.

Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for an e-arc of this book. All thoughts are my own and not influenced in any way.
This book was truly fun!

Thank you to Edelweiss, NetGalley and AndrewMcMeel Publishing for the opportunity to read and review this graphic novel. This graphic novel is an interesting story about friendship and becoming who they are and not defined by one hobby or aspect of life. The art was really interesting and unique and one that I would recommend to anyone. Because of this, I have to give this a 5 out of 5 stars.

Thanks Netgalley and the publisher for letting me read an advanced readers copy of Skip!

I will admit I requested this before reading the synopsis because I always want to check out graphic novels with Black leads! It did take me a bit to get into the story though, mainly with Jay's poetry in certain pages as poems aren't my favorite, but I love the nonbinary rep. It has been quite a while since I've checked out a story with a double-dutch centered plot, the last time being the movie Jump In. So Beah's strong sense of justice and Jay's general confusion about the need to fight makes a great duo with that sport in mind. The drawing style is perfectly flowy for the plot as they figure out their friendship and learn how to communicate with each other.

A cute, diverse YA book that it focuses on the art of Double Dutch. Though I would’ve liked some more development, I did appreciate the art style and exploration of friendship and finding yourself. (+ it features a non-binary mc!)

I don't know that I've ever seen Double Dutch as the central focus of a plot before, or even seen characters take it so seriously in a focused, competitive way. It makes for a unique read and I like the way it explores power relationships between friends. A bit loose and scattered but still an interesting read.

I really enjoyed this! I loved the non-binary rep and the accurate representation of how friendships work. I really liked this a lot!

This book was a journey of jay finding themselves and others realising friends are more important than a hobby. It was a sweet journey of seeing jay find out where they belong. Jay had a hard time throughout this book and wanted to please others, but eventually did figure out what they liked and who they are. Overall, I liked this book and the artwork was so cute

As a girly, who loves a good graphic novel, and always wanted to be able to doubled, I was living vicariously through J and I am totally here for it all

I bought this for the library the day it released and it hasn't stayed on the shelf for longer than a day. Kids are loving this story!

This was a hard one to get through, and it's not because of the topic matter (that was very light), but just everything about this wasn't good. The panels were sloppy and all over the place. The dialog did not follow normal bubble pattern where you knew exactly what text to read next, it jumped all over and on more than one occasion I read the whole thing out of order because it simply didn't flow properly. There was no distinction between what was said in Jay's head vs what they actually spoke out loud. And the art in general was plain ugly and sloppy. And there were times the print was so microscopically small I could barely read it, call me old and blind if you must but I shouldn't have to squint to read a text in a book.

The story itself was also bad. The timeline made no sense. You think that some events happen on the same day, but they could also be weeks apart? And I swear the competition happened twice in the book too. I don't understand how Jay can call Beah their best friend when they barely spent any time together? Unless there was some time jump I missed? And what was even the point of bringing in Annabelle to just completely write her out after the one time she exists in the book? I think this author had way too many things they wanted to see happen, didn't give themselves enough pages to do it, and just fudged it to make it work.

Jay was a nonexistent friend. A bad friend at times. Ashwin only comes along to be a weird semi-love interest? And then disappears, only to come back when it's convenient again. And Beah is just straight up a bad friend (and she's bad at double-dutch, because on no page did we ever actually see her do well. She only ever messes up).

Though I appreciated the positive message and the focus on friendship in this graphic, I felt that this has all been done before, PLUS, Double-Dutch doesn't really translate well to the page, and the "thrilling" competitions were eye-rollingly dull. I also wasn't a fan of the slap-dash artwork.

Skip! is a cute and fun graphic novel perfect for middle school shelves. The story didn't get bogged down in lots of detail about double dutch, rather it gave the reader just enough info to follow along. The art style was original, but the font was sometimes hard to read.

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A great introduction to double dutch. Also, a clever way to discuss pronouns, though honestly the they/them really boggles my mind.

Stories intertwine acceptance, diversity, bullying, competitiveness, and most importantly, friendship.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

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Everything felt rushed, not in a good, energetic way, but in a "I have more to tell than pages for" way. I didn't care at all for the style, which was so flowing that it felt difficult to know what to look at next, as well as cluttered. I didn't know as much about the characters as I wanted, which made it difficult to really feel involved in the various disagreements and reunions. A neat idea, but the execution was too ambitious.

It looked really cute but I didn’t get to read this one, it expired and became archived before I got the chance to finish it, sadly.

It was neat to see double Dutch in a book! I’ve almost never seen that. And the book was centered around it! And I liked the exploration of friendship and self-identity and boundaries, but I feel like it was really surface and was fixed too easily. And the ending felt rushed.

But overall, I enjoyed it!

I got this on Netgalley in exchange for an honest review!

This was a quick and pretty fun graphic novel! Loved the artstyle and the way the art and characters just flow! Creates a lot of fun movement in the illustrations that REALLY reflects the beat and singing and double dutch! Jay and the gang was awesome and I liked how the whole thing came together!

Skip! was a quick read and an average story as far as middle-grade graphic novels go, and I liked seeing the non-binary and social anxiety representation in Jay. In terms of the plot, it felt like Jay and Beah’s friendship burned really fast and then resolved itself after their fight quickly. I wished there was more character development as both main characters felt pretty one-dimensional to me. The art style was cute but I felt like it could’ve been more polished at times. Not bad, just not very memorable.

Thanks to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book just so fun and joyful. I really loved how rounded and organically shaped the art was, particularly the characters. I also adored the soft, nearly pastel pallet used throughout the book.