Cub by Cynthia L Copeland | Blog Tour:Review

A laugh-out-loud funny and empowering graphic memoir about growing up and finding your voice.

Twelve-year-old Cindy has just dipped a toe into seventh-grade drama—with its complicated friendships, bullies, and cute boys—when she earns an internship as a cub reporter at a local newspaper in the early 1970s. A (rare) young female reporter takes Cindy under her wing, and Cindy soon learns not only how to write a lede, but also how to respectfully question authority, how to assert herself in a world run by men, and—as the Watergate scandal unfolds—how brave reporting and writing can topple a corrupt world leader. Searching for her own scoops, Cindy doesn’t always get it right, on paper or in real life. But whether she’s writing features about ghost hunters, falling off her bicycle and into her first crush, or navigating shifting friendships, Cindy grows wiser and more confident through every awkward and hilarious mistake.

Cub by Cynthia L Copeland

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Cub is the story of a "cub" reporter in the 1970's. It's a biography of sorts of the author Cynthia Copeland.
Our MC Cindy begins to shadow a female journalist and is taught how to write articles for her local newspaper.
Cub is a really good Coming-Of-Age story that shows Cindy trying to navigate life at school, life at home, life at work/job-shadowing, and also trying to navigate the highs and lows of friendships and dating. Cub shows Cindy come into her own and the hard but necessary journey along the way.

I love that the story is based in the 1970s and that it's more of a "modern" historical fiction. I also loved that the actual things that were taking place in the news at the time the story takes place, are also talked about in the book.





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Cynthia (“Cindy”) L. Copeland is the New York Times best-selling, award-winning author/illustrator of more than 25 books for adults and children. She has sold over a million books in seven languages and her books have been recommended by Oprah, Regis Philbin, Ann Landers, and the hosts of Good Morning America. In 2011, she became Coca-Cola's "spokesmom" for the company's Family Night program. Before her first book was published at age 29, Cindy worked as an editor and as a newspaper journalist. She’s a graduate of Smith College.

Cindy lives in rural New Hampshire with her family. She is represented by Dan Lazar at Writers House.