Wolverine: Worst Day Ever

Wolverine: Worst Day Ever written by Barry Lyga is a graphic novel geared towards students grades 6-9, but I can see younger grade students reading it too if they like Wolverine, X-Men, any superhero. This novel is about a kid named Eric Mattias who has recently discovered his super power. He does not think he has a great power because it is him becoming invisible only he is not becoming invisible, people just stop noticing he is there or do not notice he is there at all. Eric is the narrator and it is written as his blogs on the Internet. It is all about what he is experiencing and thinking in his first months at Xavier's School for Gifted Students (the mutant school). He is either getting into trouble by Professor X, being bored, or going into places he shouldn't or following Wolverine around. He thinks that nobody notices him, even when him and Professor X are having conversations, if he takes his eyes off of him he forgets he is there or thinks he's left. The blogs are leading up to a specific day, May 12th, which may or may not be Eric and Wolverine's worst day ever. I personally think that this day is Eric's first best day ever because he learns that Wolverine notices him all the time and that he doesn't need to use his power but needs to learn to live with it. Eric's second best day ever is when he blogs about making friends and figuring out how to use his power for people to notice him. I thought this novel was a really enjoyable book for anyone who likes reading about superheros. I think the author did such a great job getting in the mind of a kid because the language in the text sounded exactly the way a kid would say it or in a way for kids to understand it, in their language. The end of this novel has three extra comic stories involving Wolverine which, I thought had great story lines and pictures. This book could be used in the classroom when learning about comics, superheros, learning how to write using ones imagination. I think kids could read it just for fun, but I think it is a good novel for students to read who have interests in this area.