Hannah Montana: Crushes and Camping, based on the television series "Hannah Montana," stories by Poryes, Peterman, and Dontzig- GRAPHIC NOVEL

This book was a graphic novel of the popular Disney Channel television show, “Hannah Montana.” There were two short stories in this book. Hannah Montana is a famous pop star, and her “real” name on the show is Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus in real life.) In the first story, Miley has a friend named Oliver. Oliver is in love with Hannah Montana, and he does not know that Miley is really Hannah. Oliver does crazy things to meet Hannah Montana, such as crawling into her limousine through the opening on the top. When Oliver talks to Miley, he talks about how much he likes Hannah. Miley does not know what to do because she does not like Oliver romantically, so she does not want to hurt his feelings! At first, she tries to keep it a secret that she is Hannah Montana. She tries to make Oliver not like her by being rude and chewing gum, which Oliver hates. She even blows a huge bubble and pops it in her face! Oliver still loves her, so she finally tells him the truth. They decide that he is not really in love with her, and they remain friends. In the second story, Miley and Lilly, her best friend, get stuck sharing a tent with their enemies, Ashley and Amber, on a camping trip. Miley tries to get out of the trip by pretending to be sick, but her father does not fall for it. Miley and Lilly try to get along with Amber and Ashley, but Amber and Ashley continue being mean. They end up getting back with Amber and Ashley by tricking them into thinking a bear is outside of their tent. In the end, Miley and Lilly get in trouble for their trick because they end up with poison ivy! The stories were told using pictures, thought bubbles, captions, and speech bubbles since this is a graphic novel!
This book would be very popular with third-fifth graders. “Hannah Montana” is an extremely popular show, and many kids watch it. Lots of the fifth graders that I work with wear “Hannah Montana” t-shirts to school. Since they like the show, they would definitely enjoy the book. The graphic novel style makes this book good for elementary students as well. The pictures and captions can make the book an easy read for struggling readers. The pictures seem to be straight from the television show, so it really brings the story to life, and it makes the book easy to follow. Perhaps some students that do not like to read and prefer to watch television will learn to love reading if they read books like this. They can still get that pop culture entertainment, but just through a book instead of television!