Definitely Daphne by Tami Charles

Hey Booklovers!

This one is a recommendation for those looking for a middle grade book to give to a young black girl. Summer is coming up and the kids are at home. Now more than ever it's important to keep the kids reading.

There's not enough books out there featuring carefree young black girls. So when I come across those stories I like to showcase them so people can discover them for their own daughters, nieces, siblings, cousins, etc.

Anabelle Louis is a military brat who has recently moved to a new town. This is the first time she's been in public school in years after having been home schooled abroad. It's hard enough having your life uprooted every time your mother has a new assignment. And she's struggling to fit in. Knowing how hard deployment can be on kids her parents send her to a therapist. Anabelle's therapist suggests she do something to get out of her comfort zone.  She's a very tech savvy girl who likes to make videos. This results in her creating a vlog which she does anonymously wearing disguises so no one recognizes her. 

I thought the vlogging aspect was very on trend to what kids are currently doing making their own videos on apps like Youtube and Tik Tok.  Anabelle's vlogging identify is a girl named Daphne and she talks about things Daphne doesn't love. The vlog is appropriately titled Daphne Definitely Doesn't.  As her vlog starts to get more views and students from her class are among those viewer Anabelle finds it hard to keep up her new life as a rising Youtube sensation.

This is a book that gets my stamp of approval and I suggest you purchase it for the young readers in your life.