I'm reading 'The Killer', the complete graphic novel series. I'm a fourth into the book and pleasantly surprised. I feared this might be just some simplistic take on a murderous person's life—as with 'American Psycho'—but this book has a few things going for it, especially during some of the protagonist anti-hero's inner discussions. At times, philosophical. Other times, nearly depressed. The book is quite carefully written.
I never had the opportunity to read The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series, so I was quite excited to discover this graphic novel adaptation of the first novel. The story was so intriguing and interesting, I really enjoyed it ! I was really impressed by the depth of the storyline, as well as the use of worldwide mythologies.
Inspired by a true story, Hoops dramatizes the historic struggle for gender equality in high school sports. Taking place in Wilkins in Indiana in 1976, it follows a group of teenagers who created one of the first high school girls basketball teams.
I was in the first girl's sport in my high school. It was tennis and we were absolutely terrible. In two years we never won a match. But that didn't matter, we had fun. I can still remember being angry that the boys got varsity letters for their sports participation but the girls did not.
I love Ben Hatke’s graphic novels ! I discovered his work about a decade ago with Zita the Spacegirl and I really loved it. His newest work, Things in the Basement, is to be published in a few days. As usual, a perfectly normal kid finds himself in an extraordinary situation and lots of strange and exciting things happen.
This book looks perfect for my grandson, and the Zita series sounds like it might be great for my granddaughter. Thanks for posting this. I had not found Ben Hatke.
What a great graphic novel ! I really love how Jonathan Hill uses science fiction to explore the themes of difference, fear of rejection and immigration. It is truly a very smart story : Identity is at the center of the plot, but in a very unexpected way.
Ik ben op zoek naar Nederlandstalige Graphic novels voor 12 en 13-jarigen. Zijn er die hier voorbeelden van kunnen geven? Ze mogen niet ouder zijn dan van het jaar 2013. @boeken#GraphicNovel
A graphic novel about a boy who struggles at school but then meets a girl who helps him gets his grades up, and in turn he helps her get into her dream school despite her family believing that her disability might make that impossible.
The artwork was absolutely beautiful and the colours were lovely. I also really liked main character Victor, who struggled to remember the right facts and who often blurted out things in class. I got the impression that Victor might have ADHD, but the story never mentions this. Instead, he simply overcomes his struggles by studying hard with the aid of Marie-Jo. This solution seems a bit too easy, but as this story is based on the novel A Friend in the Dark, this is probably not the graphic novel's fault. I also felt like Marie-Jo's struggles became Victor's whole identity, which didn't seem very healthy. However, in the beginning the two of them were very cute together.
Five stars: Lo and Behold by Wendy Mass and Gabi Mendez (Illustrator) (2023) is about friendships made through augmented and virtual reality. Addie and her father have moved temporarily to a college town so he can help some computer science students with their grants.
The kids of the Cardboard Kingdom go on a new adventure! This time, they are in search of new friends—but what they discover is a lot more like enemies ...
Five stars: Chickenology: The Ultimate Encyclopedia by Barbara Sandri et al. (2021) at only eighty pages and heavily illustrated, is however, one of the most informative and entertaining books about chickens I've ever read.
A mermaid, a firebird, and a witch become entangled with the mysterious and powerful Witch Queen, who may hold the key to each of their past in this epic middle grade fantasy by debut author Vivian Zhou.