Painted

"A young supermodel reflects on a series of events that, as a teenager, brought power...then tragedy."

Painted is an important graphic novel that really comes down to Women standing up for Women and being who we are. I was torn up by the shame each of the ladies in the novel feels and are forced to endure. The novel is an unflinching look at bullying, humiliation, helplessness, friendship, and how relationships can stay with us our whole lives. Painted is about being brave when the odds are stacked against us and how we may not always win, but standing up for ourselves and creating change has never been easy.

A great graphic novel that teens need to see.

Thank you so much to everyone who was involved in bringing this graphic novel about. I adored this story and the art is so beautiful.

A lovely graphic novel that has a great plot and artwork! I will definitely be sharing this with my students as they are in love with great stories!

Painted is a graphic novel about a teen girl, Sophie, and her friend Selene, who is a bit of a misfit rebel. Sophie idolizes Selene's tough-girl persona and how she sticks up for her friends, challenges the bullies at school, and argues with authority. In a witchy teenage goddess moment, Selene paints her face with her menstrual blood and encourages Sophie and their friend to do the same. After Selene humiliates the class bully, who humiliates her back in return, Selene vows for revenge and for Sophie to join in. Sophie lets her friend down, and things take a sharp turn for the worse resulting in Selene's institutionalization. The illustrations were fantastic and did a beautiful job conveying the emotions of a teenager. The supermodel side story seemed superfluous to the core tale of the difficulty of teen friendships and insecurity.