This is really gorgeous, MA. Both the writing and the artwork that accompanies it. The glimpses you give to us of Isabelle are really powerful and it amazes me how you picked out these formative experiences and even with just a small amount of words, lay out these years for us so clearly. The details are great, all the little things that put the reader right into the scene and into Isabelle's head. And the illustrations...I think my favorite is the one for SPOILED with just that hint of red whereas the rest of the pictures are monotone.

I love this part: She looked magnificently angry. Her shoulders held back and her body twisted like a spiralling pillar. Even in failure she had made herself beautiful.

I don't know what to say, but that's just perfect. Wonderful, MA! Thank you!