It’s always a good idea to remember the important things in life: friendship, adventure, science, crime, chess and growing up never growing up. We Are Become Pals, written by Joey Comeau and illustrated by Jess Fink, captures it all in an incredibly sweet, funny, invigorating way.
I love Helen and Jane so much. They’re the best kind of troublemakers: smart, curious, loyal and with no tolerance for boredom. Each chapter is a little burst of wonder, illustrated with energetic charm. It’s the sort of story that makes me smile and laugh and well up and laugh more and leaves a spring in my step.
It’s also marvellously restrained storytelling, building a vibrant view of two characters and their friendship, showing everything without ever adding anything unnecessary. Sometimes, what’s left out is the most important…
