#11 in Middle grade
Guts
- 224
- Pages
- about 4 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Guts” gives young readers a warm, funny graphic novel about a girl living with anxiety and a troublesome stomach. Raina Telgemeier draws on her own childhood and treats worry as something ordinary, a quality critics singled out for praise. Some readers with the same troubles recognise themselves in it, and it has plenty to offer other children of that age too.
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About the book
Guts is a 2019 American graphic novel written and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier and colored by Braden Lamb. The book received positive reviews from critics, who praised Telgemeier's normalization of mental health problems. The book also received two Eisner Awards.
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8.48.4 / 10 - Sisters
8.18.1 / 10 - GutsThis book
8.48.4 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.3 across 118 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 45% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Middle grade average of 8.0. That is how 8.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.8 | 47 | 40% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 11 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 60 | 51% |
Frequently asked
What age is Guts for?
Guts sits on the Middle grade shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 8–12. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 224 pages — shorter than 80% of the ranked books in Middle grade.
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