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How do you know when the person who can make the difference . . . is you?
Olive is excited to start sixth grade: new teachers, new experiences, and a field trip to the big city with her best buds!
But when Olive finds out that a school policy is keeping some kids from going on the trip, she decides to act. She's prepared to do whatever it takes to be heard—even if it means running against Trent and Sawyer, two of her closest friends, in the student council election! With intense campaign competition and emotions running high, can Olive make a big change and keep her friends?
Olive is excited to start sixth grade: new teachers, new experiences, and a field trip to the big city with her best buds!
But when Olive finds out that a school policy is keeping some kids from going on the trip, she decides to act. She's prepared to do whatever it takes to be heard—even if it means running against Trent and Sawyer, two of her closest friends, in the student council election! With intense campaign competition and emotions running high, can Olive make a big change and keep her friends?
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First published May 5, 2020
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May 8, 2022
WILLOW: "You know what - you haven't been ANY fun lately!"
OLIVE: "Things don't always have to be FUN! Sometimes things are serious! Trent and Sawyer might be having more fun, but they don't seem to get that this MATTERS to people!" pg. 165
I am going to have to give this five stars. It's real, it's gripping, and it's immensely readable. I'm surprised.
The unfortunately named Olive Branche (I think the author thinks this is 'cute') is someone we know from the previous two books, Click and Camp. Now she is a sixth-grader and in this book she ends up running for student council.
It starts off innocently enough - Olive and her classmates are off to see the play REVOLUTION! in the big city (akin to Hamilton or something). One classmate, Beth, gets pulled aside by the teacher before the trip and she doesn't come along. I was intrigued. What SCANDALOUS reason was Beth excluded from the field trip?
The reason turns out to be pretty mundane IMO - her family is poor and can't afford the $30 fee. Ho-hum. But what seems ho-hum to an adult seems vastly unjust to a child. Olive is determined to change things! Luckily she has a radical leftist aunt (Aunt Molly, you'll recognize her and her 'wild' ways from the previous books) whom the mother disapproves of ("Please stop radicalizing my children." the Mom implores of Molly) but is very popular with the children. She helps Olive. And Olive also has access to the public library, where she reads up on all sorts of peaceful protests throughout the ages. This eventually coalesces into her running for student council.
REALISM
A big boon of this book is realism. Miller stages this very realistically. Olive is feeling awkward about her best friend, who has developed a crush on a boy named Hugh. Willow isn't even siding with Olive for the election, she is siding with Trent and Sawyer - two boys whose entire campaign is based on having better lunch food and offering chocolate pudding in the cafeteria. Hugh is their campaign manager.
Olive teams up with an unlikely suspect - Ava, a cheerleader. They haven't been close before, but the election brings them together as Ava is passionate, supportive, and full of ideas for Olive's campaign. I liked seeing this, it's an interesting concept of how situations and decisions can lead us to friendships with people who weren't really on our radar before.
The other candidates are also realistic, which is depressing. You have Trent & Sawyer, swaying the people with promises of chocolate pudding, but they are class clowns and obviously are taking the whole election as a joke (while at the same time being determined to win). You have Belinda, whose whole schtick is that her dad works in the mayor's office so she 'knows all about politics' and is pretty and popular. Lastly, Tyler, who is technically running but only because his parents are forcing him to. Olive is the only one running on the issues.
Because Olive is the only one running on the issues, classmates keep coming up to her and confiding in her about their problems. She ends up gathering a lot of support by listening to people's concerns and promising to do her best to try and fix them.
The book isn't overly dramatic, but instead presents a pretty realistic (which at times can be grim) outlook on how this would play out in real life. Olive meets resistance at every turn. She tries to get petitions signed and do sit-ins to protest the field trip fees before deciding to eventually run for student council. Not everyone is on board. Not everyone votes based on who would be the best leader - one kid happily declares he is voting for whoever can get the most baskets in a row in basketball.
The art is great, also. Some of Miller's long stretches of wordless panels are wonderful - like when Olive imagines a future of constantly tagging along with her best friend through life, always being the 'third wheel' even through being in the nursing home together.
TL;DR Never thought this children's book would be wrenching a five-star out of me. And keep in mind that I'm an adult reader. But the book was gripping, IMO. The art is great. Graphic novels like this and the work of Raina Telegemeier are very popular with kids right now. But not all graphic novel series are good, some are junky. I don't care - as long as kids are reading. Whatever. But this series by Miller is actually of substance - same with Telegemeier, I would argue. Check it out if you are interested or if you have a child in your life who enjoys graphic novels with a realistic bent.
NAMES IN THIS BOOK:
OLIVE: "Things don't always have to be FUN! Sometimes things are serious! Trent and Sawyer might be having more fun, but they don't seem to get that this MATTERS to people!" pg. 165
I am going to have to give this five stars. It's real, it's gripping, and it's immensely readable. I'm surprised.
The unfortunately named Olive Branche (I think the author thinks this is 'cute') is someone we know from the previous two books, Click and Camp. Now she is a sixth-grader and in this book she ends up running for student council.
It starts off innocently enough - Olive and her classmates are off to see the play REVOLUTION! in the big city (akin to Hamilton or something). One classmate, Beth, gets pulled aside by the teacher before the trip and she doesn't come along. I was intrigued. What SCANDALOUS reason was Beth excluded from the field trip?
The reason turns out to be pretty mundane IMO - her family is poor and can't afford the $30 fee. Ho-hum. But what seems ho-hum to an adult seems vastly unjust to a child. Olive is determined to change things! Luckily she has a radical leftist aunt (Aunt Molly, you'll recognize her and her 'wild' ways from the previous books) whom the mother disapproves of ("Please stop radicalizing my children." the Mom implores of Molly) but is very popular with the children. She helps Olive. And Olive also has access to the public library, where she reads up on all sorts of peaceful protests throughout the ages. This eventually coalesces into her running for student council.
REALISM
A big boon of this book is realism. Miller stages this very realistically. Olive is feeling awkward about her best friend, who has developed a crush on a boy named Hugh. Willow isn't even siding with Olive for the election, she is siding with Trent and Sawyer - two boys whose entire campaign is based on having better lunch food and offering chocolate pudding in the cafeteria. Hugh is their campaign manager.
Olive teams up with an unlikely suspect - Ava, a cheerleader. They haven't been close before, but the election brings them together as Ava is passionate, supportive, and full of ideas for Olive's campaign. I liked seeing this, it's an interesting concept of how situations and decisions can lead us to friendships with people who weren't really on our radar before.
The other candidates are also realistic, which is depressing. You have Trent & Sawyer, swaying the people with promises of chocolate pudding, but they are class clowns and obviously are taking the whole election as a joke (while at the same time being determined to win). You have Belinda, whose whole schtick is that her dad works in the mayor's office so she 'knows all about politics' and is pretty and popular. Lastly, Tyler, who is technically running but only because his parents are forcing him to. Olive is the only one running on the issues.
Because Olive is the only one running on the issues, classmates keep coming up to her and confiding in her about their problems. She ends up gathering a lot of support by listening to people's concerns and promising to do her best to try and fix them.
The book isn't overly dramatic, but instead presents a pretty realistic (which at times can be grim) outlook on how this would play out in real life. Olive meets resistance at every turn. She tries to get petitions signed and do sit-ins to protest the field trip fees before deciding to eventually run for student council. Not everyone is on board. Not everyone votes based on who would be the best leader - one kid happily declares he is voting for whoever can get the most baskets in a row in basketball.
The art is great, also. Some of Miller's long stretches of wordless panels are wonderful - like when Olive imagines a future of constantly tagging along with her best friend through life, always being the 'third wheel' even through being in the nursing home together.
TL;DR Never thought this children's book would be wrenching a five-star out of me. And keep in mind that I'm an adult reader. But the book was gripping, IMO. The art is great. Graphic novels like this and the work of Raina Telegemeier are very popular with kids right now. But not all graphic novel series are good, some are junky. I don't care - as long as kids are reading. Whatever. But this series by Miller is actually of substance - same with Telegemeier, I would argue. Check it out if you are interested or if you have a child in your life who enjoys graphic novels with a realistic bent.
NAMES IN THIS BOOK:
October 19, 2024
The best book I've read from this series so far. In this book, the main character of the series "Olive" starts middle school and learns about herself as a courageous 6th grader who can make a difference in her school.
The main theme for that story is empathy, and how it could be the most powerful mean to change things to the best. When "Olive" feels for her friend who didn't join them to the field trip because she can't afford the cost, she decides to take an action and runs for student council as an influential way to make-she and her colleges-their voice heard.
I loved how olive's friends supported her, and how the book portrayed her conflict with other candidates, who were her friends too, and how she peacefully trying to win without losing their friendship.
The story is one of the few that presents less harsh middle school life, which makes it a sweet reading experience specially for younger kids.
The main theme for that story is empathy, and how it could be the most powerful mean to change things to the best. When "Olive" feels for her friend who didn't join them to the field trip because she can't afford the cost, she decides to take an action and runs for student council as an influential way to make-she and her colleges-their voice heard.
I loved how olive's friends supported her, and how the book portrayed her conflict with other candidates, who were her friends too, and how she peacefully trying to win without losing their friendship.
The story is one of the few that presents less harsh middle school life, which makes it a sweet reading experience specially for younger kids.
January 6, 2021
Olive is in sixth grade now. She goes on a field trip with the rest of the class. The next day she finds out that not everyone went to the field trip as the students have to pay for it and some parents can't afford to pay for it. She wants to help and does research. She also finds out that there will be election for student council.
Olive's aunt encourages her to make a difference and help if she can without getting herself in trouble. Olive's friend Willow is spending a lot of time with one of their guy friends and Olive feels like a third wheel. Eventually Olive decides to run for the student council election and even comes up with helpful ways to pay for the field trips with a bake sale and a lot of students like her ideas and they support her. On election day, she comes third losing by just a couple votes but then one of the two winners withdraws and Olive ends up on the student council. She also makes up with Willow in the end.
I enjoyed this the most so far in the series. It has a nice message and the art was pretty good too.
4 stars
Olive's aunt encourages her to make a difference and help if she can without getting herself in trouble. Olive's friend Willow is spending a lot of time with one of their guy friends and Olive feels like a third wheel. Eventually Olive decides to run for the student council election and even comes up with helpful ways to pay for the field trips with a bake sale and a lot of students like her ideas and they support her. On election day, she comes third losing by just a couple votes but then one of the two winners withdraws and Olive ends up on the student council. She also makes up with Willow in the end.
I enjoyed this the most so far in the series. It has a nice message and the art was pretty good too.
4 stars
November 20, 2019
So good. Seriously, I almost want to make this required reading for middle schoolers. Also, Kayla Miller's illustration style is great.
August 22, 2023
আমেরিকার মিডল-গ্রেড স্কুলের জন্য লেখা বইগুলোতে প্রায় সবসময়ই কিছু মেসেজ থাকে, মানে সমাজ সংসারের জন্য ভবিষ্যত নাগরিকদের কি কি করা উচিত ইত্যাদি। এই বইটাও ব্যতিক্রম কিছু না। সুকুবা লাইব্রেরি আর ছেলের স্কুলের কল্যাণে এগুলো পড়া হচ্ছে, নাহলে এই ধারা পড়ার বয়স এখন নেই। এই বইটা আহামরি কিছু না, তবে ফিল-গুড, পড়ার পরে মন ভাল হয়।
July 27, 2020
Wow. This is an excellent introduction to protest and using your voice to help others. I am so impressed with real-world 6th grad issues were translated into the great world of protest and representation. I got chills when Liv was reading about the history of protest. Also MAJOR points for not just including US protests, and for including some more recent examples as well. The brief summary of each of these events at the end was lovely.
August 12, 2020
Sixth grader Olive discovers activism and elections as she decides she needs to do something about the little unjust things she is starting to notice about her school. I like the realism and her determination in trying a variety of tactics as she finds that sometimes being right doesn't mean you'll be able to change things right away or even persuade people that they should care about your cause.
Oh, and three books into the series, we finally learn Olive's last name!
Oh, and three books into the series, we finally learn Olive's last name!
October 6, 2020
This is my favorite of the entire series thus far. I loved how Olive saw an issue and instead of whining about it or ignoring it she decided to do something about it. Go Aunt Abby for showing her peaceful protests from the past! When Olive’s friend couldn’t go on the field trip because she couldn’t afford it I almost burst into tears. Such an important story told perfectly for this age group.
September 3, 2020
Lovely graphic novel that shares the importance of activism to a younger audience. And because I'm completely biased my favorite part was the rebellious librarian aunt who helps introduce the idea of protesting to the main character.
April 28, 2020
Cannot wait to see the finished book (DRC provided via Edelweiss)
June 4, 2022
This third book in the "Click" series about tween Olive finds her wanting to help her friends at school, so she decides to run for student council. Friendships are strained when other kids in her class want to run as well, and students take sides. Another great, accessible graphic novel by Miller who describes protests and democracy so kids can understand. I also liked the recommended books at the end and the brief descriptions of protests and movements from the past 100 years or so. 4.5 stars rounded up.
May 11, 2021
Akhirnya buku ini topiknya jadi lebih deep dibandingkan sebelumnya. Ceritanya seputar voting pemilihan class representative. Ok juga pesannya karena yang "peduli" ga bisa selalu menang melawan yang banya gimmicknya.
February 16, 2022
4.5⭐
I love the story in this installment because it touches on so many important topics, such as dress codes in school, grade score privacy and other social issues. We also get glimpses into Protests Of The Past, which is a segment I really appreciated and enjoyed.
As always, Olive is a wonderful protagonist and you can't help but root for her. Overall, I found this to be an important and enjoyable read without being too preachy.
I love the story in this installment because it touches on so many important topics, such as dress codes in school, grade score privacy and other social issues. We also get glimpses into Protests Of The Past, which is a segment I really appreciated and enjoyed.
As always, Olive is a wonderful protagonist and you can't help but root for her. Overall, I found this to be an important and enjoyable read without being too preachy.
September 8, 2020
I adore all of Kayla Miller's Graphic Novels. This one is perfectly timed with it's release.
November 6, 2020
Reading this reminded me I haven't actually read CAMP, haha. But it's still a solid read!
January 8, 2022
"I like that Olive runs for class representative for a good reason. She runs for it so all kids get to go on field trips." -Cadee age 9.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 3, 2021
I love this series so much! And this might be the most important one of all as it teaches younger audiences about elections, democracy, and trying to do the right thing to help others. Such a positive story with compassionate characters that put kindness at the forefront of their motives.
May 24, 2021
It was very easy to read. It was so adorable.
December 7, 2023
Great middle grade graphic novel series. I didn’t love this one quite as much as the first two but it was still really good. The ending of this third one was a little too neat and tidy IMO. And the conflict with Willow was not really resolved…it was just glossed over with no apologies or explanations really.
October 8, 2021
It's pretty good.
November 20, 2023
I really like this book because she is doing something new. The reason I gave it a 4 was because her and her and her 2 friends were going against each other for student council and they end up getting into a big fight and not talking to each other instead of working together.
July 2, 2020
It's a new school year and Olive decides to run for office and make some changes when one of her friends is unable to attend a field trip. Nice concept, but not my personal favorite in this series so far. The ending felt abrupt and it wasn't as engaging as the other two. However, this is a hugely popular series in my library, so I will definitely be adding it and I'm sure the kids will still love it.
Thank you to Edelweiss+ and the publisher for providing a digital copy. All opinions are my own.
Thank you to Edelweiss+ and the publisher for providing a digital copy. All opinions are my own.
May 23, 2022
Olivia esta muy contenta con el inicio de curso, la excitación esta ante la novedad y además se van de excursión a ver una obra de teatro, donde se lo pasará genial junto a sus compañeros y profesores. El problema viene a la vuelta, cuando se entera de que algunos compañeros no han podido asistir debido a que sus padres no podían pagarlo. Ella hablará con algunos de los implicados y con las elecciones estudiantiles a la vuelta de la esquina, Olivia decidirá presentarse para así poder actuar desde dentro, hacer algo y no simplemente resignarse ante tal injusticia. Pero no va a ser todo tan fácil, ya que tendrá que postular contra amigos y grandes candidatos. Aun así ella sabe lo que quiere e irá a por todas, ¿lo conseguirá?
Cómo os decía es la historia que más me ha gustado de la serie, porque aunque en los anteriores volúmenes veíamos que Olivia luchaba por lo que quería, aquí ya es indiscutible, y sobre todo porque no lo hace por intereses propios, sino por el bien común, actúa ante lo que no cree justo. Siempre va a estar rodeada de sus familiares y sus amigos, aunque algunos de ellos no actúen como ella y a ratos puedan enfadarse.
Desde luego, es una novela gráfica llena de valores en la que muchos jóvenes pueden sentirse identificados (con toda la serie) y además viene acompañado de unas chulísimas ilustraciones. Obviamente la serie va dirigida a un público infantil y juvenil, pero yo (que hace mucho que dejé esas etapas atrás) la estoy disfrutando muchísimo y esperando seguir viendo crecer a Olivia y a los demás.
Cómo os decía es la historia que más me ha gustado de la serie, porque aunque en los anteriores volúmenes veíamos que Olivia luchaba por lo que quería, aquí ya es indiscutible, y sobre todo porque no lo hace por intereses propios, sino por el bien común, actúa ante lo que no cree justo. Siempre va a estar rodeada de sus familiares y sus amigos, aunque algunos de ellos no actúen como ella y a ratos puedan enfadarse.
Desde luego, es una novela gráfica llena de valores en la que muchos jóvenes pueden sentirse identificados (con toda la serie) y además viene acompañado de unas chulísimas ilustraciones. Obviamente la serie va dirigida a un público infantil y juvenil, pero yo (que hace mucho que dejé esas etapas atrás) la estoy disfrutando muchísimo y esperando seguir viendo crecer a Olivia y a los demás.
May 5, 2022
This was really well done. Miller really got to the heart of this age group and how very specific types of children tend to act. I loved how she characterized the types of children. I think most readers will easily be able to relate to the situation and how certain children react. There are some great supplements at the end of the book regarding protestation along with supplemental reading if you wanted to dig in further. There's also a cookie recipe and some behind the scenes on how a graphic novel is made which was super interesting to me. I think this is the best one yet!
May 4, 2022
so i didn't realize going in that this was book 3 in a series (whoops!) but i definitely don't think you have to read the other two to be able to enjoy this one (although i'm sure it certainly helps!) this was cute and well done and i would genuinely like to read the other books in the series :)
June 3, 2022
Great read with my kids. Nice role models throughout this book.
July 28, 2022
I think this is my favorite in the series.
August 5, 2022
This is an amazing book. I love the concept and the book overall.
June 12, 2025
my favorite in the click series so far
May 12, 2023
AMAZING
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