Lea is 12. This year she is starting high school, but she still doesn't own a mobile phone and what's worse, all her friends have had their first period except for her. How unfair! Will she be able to detect the first signs? What will she feel when it's time? And what does it mean to be cyclical? Adolescence is so complicated! Luckily she has a secret diary and valuable friendships, everything needed to get through a year filled with challenging changes: a new boy in class, misunderstandings with her friends, a girl in her class who makes her school life a living hell, an insufferable principal... and an exciting club project.
A Graphic Novel divided into four acts or “phases” with explicative inserts that delve into the menstrual cycle with plenty of useful advice and documentation offered by Paloma Alma, a menstrual health expert and founder of the projects Cyclo and Menstruall, that aim to help women live their menstruation in a positive way.
A fictional story with a curious and determined protagonist and her group of friends, intended to help young girls to understand what happens when they are 12 and eager to learn everything about the process of the menstrual cycle.