Gum Girl!, Book 1: Chews Your Destiny

Chews Your Destiny by Rhode Montijo is about Gabby Gomez a young girl in love with chewing bubble gum. While Gabby loves gum, her parents do not. So, one day her mom forbids Gabby to chew anymore bubblegum, but Gabby cannot resist. In her pocket she has a gumball and on the way to school, she chews it. But this gum wasn’t ordinary gum, it was the gum that turned Gabby into a superhero, it turned her into Gum Girl! Gabby then begins her adventures helping people as Gum Girl; however, she has to keep her identity a secret from her parents, which makes the situations she gets into a whole lot stickier than any piece of gum she’s chewed before. Along with hiding her identity from her parents, Gabby has to deal with her nemesis from school, Natalie.  Natalie, who looked like Harold from Hey Arnold, was gross, especially in a scene involving a booger. Despite the unhygienic Natalie, this book reminded me of a type of Captain Underpants style of book for young girls. I liked this book, loved the illustrations and I look forward to reading more about Gaby’s adventures.