The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World

Book Summary

Doreen Green is a teen that just recently moved to the suburbs of New Jersey from sunny Hollywood California. She isn’t too thrilled to have to make new friends, go to a new school, and hide her tail?!? Yes, you heard right, Doreen Green has a TAIL! But not just a tail, a squirrel tail, that also comes with the powers of a squirrel. After many failed attempts to find a new best friend Doreen feels pretty lonely. Than one day Doreen has to use her powers to stop a group of well known troublemakers from causing harm and doing dangerous things in her neighborhood, and that’s when everything changes. Suddenly everyone is talking about her at school! Doreen has to make a tough decision, should she become a full superhero? And that is when Squirrel Girl is born! From then she is having fun saving cats from trees, keeps the sidewalks clean, and stops vandalism. All seems to be well until a real-life Super Villain steps out of the shadows and declares Squirrel Girl his archenemy. Now she needs to decide if she can take down this Super Villain all while tackling school work and chores.
 

Review

Unbeatable Squirrel Girl by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale

This is such a great book that showcases a story about a new/old superhero and not making another story using the same ones over and over again. This book has wonderful character development, starting with the main character, Doreen Green learning her place in the world and her best friend realizing she is more than she thought she could be. I really loved how this story started where the original comics ended, it gives a very nostalgic feeling to the book!! Overall a very empowering story for middle school readers and is filled with humor and I highly recommend reading it! And to go with the theme, the background of this post is the sky, cause Doreen teaches us that the sky isn’t the limit to what we can accomplish!!

Author

Some other books written by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale are Rapunzel’s Revenge, The Princess in Black series, and Diana, Princess of the Amazons. Shannon has received the Newberry Honor award for her books and is a New York Times Best selling author, among also writing 30 or more children and young adult books! And if you liked this book than their is also a sequel to it!

Links to Shannon and Dean Hale's Books