Zita
the Spacegirl: Far from Home (Book 1), &
Legends of Zita the Spacegirl (Book 2), Ben Hatke (author &
illustrator)
ISBN: 978-1596436954 & ISBN: 978-1596438064
Summer 2011 & June 27, 2013
Juv Graphic Novel: In the first installment, Zita jumps into a space
portal to save her best friend from being sacrificed on a far-away world as a
prophecy fortold, picking up a crew of random down-and-out lifeforms along the
way. In the second, a holographic recorder-bot sees a poster for the
now-famous Zita, and impersonates her, while Zita gets branded a criminal in
her attempts to rectify the situation. BOTH EXELLENT, although book 2
gives short shrift to the backup characters from book 1, and sets Zita up to
head off alone, so we may not get much of them in book 3 either, which is sad.
Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword (vol 1) and
How Mirka Met a Meteorite (vol 2), Barry Deutsch.
ISBN: 978-0810984226, 978-1419703980
Spring 2011, June 26, 2013.
Juvenile Graphic Novel: Odd little fairy-style stories with a kick-ass
heroine that reminds me strongly of the Hale's Rapunzel's Revenge.
Orthodox Judaism does feature strongly, but it's less religious and more
cultural.
Garden Princess, Kristin Kladstrup. ISBN: 978-0763656850
June 26, 2013
Juvenile fantasy, "ordinary princess" style. Adela isn't
beautiful, and doesn't like to be "princessy" - she'd rather
garden. But when her very handsome friend and her equally beautiful
step-sister get invited to a garden party by mysterious Lady Hortensia, Adela
just has to come along to see the garden. Hortensia is a HORRIBLE name,
the story isn't too original, but - turning a thieving guest into a magpie and
an "ordinary" princess into a dandelion is delicious, and the scenes
of lovestruck courtiers failing miserably at housekeeping were hysterical.
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
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