Oh, my darling Joëlle Jones, is this the part on the story where you grow up and leave this small town and the lovable yokel who you grew up with, and I never see you again? Fame will surely come knocking when this book comes out.In the interest of full disclosure, since I work closely with the artist on this book, I have been able to watch Token develop over the last year. Joëlle let me read the script, and I've seen the art in its many stages. I have a fond memory of the day when I looked at a...

Excellent writing by Alisa Kwitney and brilliant art by Joelle Jones. A delightful YA story.

OMG i am in love with this book because is so like weird because the things that happen in the book could happen to anyone like teenagers and in one part i felt like going in the book and smacking her dad and stepmom. she is like dorky and percictene because when she meets rafael she would do anything to not let him go to barcelona and she was still a virgin until she met rafael.

A book about how miserable it is to be a teenager and how powerless you are in the hands of adults who have plans for you. I think it was probably well-written, although there was no resolution in the plotline about Shira and her father, and I liked the art, but I hated being a teenager and reliving it was not fun.

This graphic novel is about a girl struggling with adulthood, boys, and family. It was very endearing and her struggles were realistic. I really enjoyed the cast of ancient lady characters.

Another meh offering from Minx. Honestly, this story doesn't make a lot of sense. The main character is hard to follow and unrealistic, the boyfriend is paper thin, and the plot is both dull and unbelievable (yeah many teens have secret boyfriends who get sent back to Spain). In the end, the main character hasn't achieved anything but is somehow magically changed (through the power of shoplifting?). Oh Minx, I want to like your line of teen girl graphic novels but alas all I am left with is anot...

Token is a short and simple coming-of-age story accompanied with beautiful illustrations.In a very short story Alisa Kwitney covers a lot of different aspects of awkwardness and insecurities that comes with growing up. Shira is about to be sixteen with no mother, no boyfriend, and her father developing a relationship with his secretary. Among the confusion Shira starts shoplifting and possibly dangerous relationship.The illustrations are bold and vivid and breathe life into this relatable story....

This book was one of those where I was feeling a definite 3 to 4 stars through most of the story and the ending just crash and burned.I'm not a huge fan of graphic novels, but I've been trying to read them more to expand my horizons a bit. I found this one to be pretty good initially. I was really drawn into Shira's story, and while I didn't agree with all the choices that she was making, I felt her pain. This is the first graphic novel I've ever read that made me cry.But there were a lot of sub...

oh, minx comics... i want to love you, but why do you always underestimate the multi-dimentional levels of teen girl's personalities? this comic is basically about shira chasing a boy, and being obsessed with material goods and old movies. WHAT IS NEW HERE? first book read for thesis curriculum proposal. determined: not useful.positive aspects: shira's relationship with her grandmother. and the illustrations were great.

wowee my first pg-13 comic. i remember being really drawn to the story because of how 'risque' i thought it was.

This book was really good. It was different than I expected with an ending I didn’t expect but really liked.

Beautifully average book. The main character is sweet, but ignored by her father who only sees her faults (mainly that she's not his little girl anymore) and never spends any time with her. Her grandmother is sweet but, like a typical grandma/mother, knows how to embarrass without even meaning to. Her best friend is an 80 year old faded starlet, who understands Shira better than she understands herself. Problems really start to arise when her dad gets involved with his secretary (the mom has bee...

Miami girl's father gets a new girlfriend - and changes his attitude toward her. Pretty standard coming of age title. Liked it better than some Minx titles, and that may have something to do with the fact that the creators are both female (not that I'm biased). I wanted a bit more resolution at the end - I'm a little bored of the plotline the romance takes in this (not that I'm spoiling). Enjoyed the relationship with the elderly women, but wanted more from this and the father issue. Also couldn...

I didn't get 1987 from this at all. Maybe the Woolworth's counter? But even then, I thought it was some Miami staple and not a 1987 thing. The illustration was good and more in the style of a traditional comic book. I thought Kwitney captured a first crush very well - didn't understand the Mean Girl motivation. What was that about? It's a little too sexual to share with my daughter, mostly because of the illustrations, honestly. With the way Shira was drawn, I expected her to get a lot more sexu...

I mean all I really got from this book is she grew up and fell in love... Idk... I didn't look much into the meaning but it wasn't all that interesting. I like the art style though. It was kinda appealing when you got a visual of them looking face forward.

I really liked the artwork in this, the emotions were so beautifully portrayed in the illustrations. They were very unique and completely lept off the page. Unfortunately this was really the only thing that I really enjoyed in this book.Perhaps more accurately I should say that I didn't love the plotlines of the book. I liked Shira, I thought she was a unique character. She had a super interesting perspective and I loved her references to 1950s movies. She had a really honest reaction to what wa...

2.5 stars. By Minx standards, this one wasn't too bad. Then again, it's Minx, so the bar is pretty low. Set in Miami Beach in 1987, the story revolves around Shira, a Jewish teenager who's a social outcast and daddy's girl. When her dad starts romancing his secretary, Shira feels displaced and takes up shoplifting to ease the pain. There's a mysterious, cute, foreign boy love interest, some bitchy mean girls, and about a thousand other cliches from teen fiction. Ho hum. The art's alright, though...

This is a pretty typical Minx imprint book. A young woman rebels against her situation and learns a lot about herself. Nothing wrong with that. The big draw here is early Jones art. She's not quite where we know her now, but she's getting there in this one.

Token is a graphic novel about a high school student named Shira Speaktor living in Miami Beach. Shira has a close bond with her father because of her mother’s death when she was three. Aside from her father, Shira often spends time with her disapproving grandma, and her best friend Minerva, who happens to be an old lady. Being an unpopular student in high school, Shira spends most of her time alone, except when with Minerva and her father. However, when her father meets someone new, everything

This was a pretty decent graphic novel.I really liked the characters. Shira was cool and I understand her frustrations with her life, I remember being 15! Not a fun time! Her nan and Minerva were amazing, it was real sad what happened to Min towards the end.The love story interest felt very short and that was a bit disappointing as I would have liked that explored more. The illustrations were nicely done. I think this is a stand alone but would happily read more if it was a series.