Sasha #[nn]

From Yatoo and Vents d'Ouest comes this charming Franco-Belgian series opener that captures middle-school anxiety with disarming wit. The cover says it all: wide-eyed, red-haired Sasha — baseball cap pulled low, teeth clenched in barely contained dread — stands dwarfed by a looming crowd of shadowy, faceless classmates whose glowing eyes suggest anything but a warm welcome. Survivre au collège! ("Surviving Middle School!") is a subtitle that promises both laughs and heart for anyone who's ever felt like the new kid facing an impenetrable social universe.