Berrybrook (TV Series)

Berrybrook is an American animated streaming television series based on the Berrybrook Middle School series by Svetlana Chmakova. The series is animated by Warner Bros. Animation and Sony Pictures Television. Its first season premiered on September 2, 2022 on Netflix.

Premise
Season one adapts the first book Awkward (also the season's name), where it follows Penelope "Peppi" Torres at her first day at a new school. All things go badly wrong when she bumps into Jaime Thompson. It gets even worse when she realizes that the club she's joined are rivals with another club that has Jaime in it. Peppi finally knows that she'll have to abandon her rules to survive middle school.

Characters

 * Penelope "Peppi" Torres - The main protagonist of season one. She joins the art club.
 * Jaime Thompson - A smart boy who is part of the science club.
 * Jensen
 * Jenny
 * Akilah
 * Jorge
 * Felicity

Production
Several animation studios were interested in bringing the Berrybrook Middle School series to television. On August 21, 2021, it was announced that Netflix had gained the rights to the book series, with interest to adapting it to television.

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 100% based on 12 critics, with an average rating of 8.4/10. Metacritic assigned a score of 83 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".

Home media
Three months after the release of season one on Netflix, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment released the complete season on DVD.