This should be required reading in middle/high school for both students and their parents. Also, this was my first graphic memoir reading experience and I really enjoyed it. I'm not sure graphic novels will become a preferred format for me, but I think it worked incredibly well for Maia's story. I think the format and sparsity of text (compared to a traditional book) actually helped focus me as a reader on the important text such that it really hit me at my core. Anyways, this was a lovely and important memoir! I am grateful to Maia for sharing eir experiences.