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Family and Monsters

Family Force V: Book One by Matt Braly

December 11, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Part Power Rangers, part Transformers, part Voltron and all superheroes and space monsters is how I describe Family Force V: Book One. Matt Braly’s graphic novel (read via an online reader copy, due mid June 2025) will be worth the wait for you or your preteen/teen reader. This coming of age story is one we know (your destiny is forced on you, but you choose the path that takes) is not new, but the way it’s presented is fun, humorous and cute. It is not […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Ainsworth Lin, family, friendship, LGBTQ, Matt Braly, school, Social Themes, superheroes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:594 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Ainsworth Lin, family, friendship, LGBTQ, Matt Braly, school, Social Themes, superheroes ·
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Finding Happy

The Happy Shop by Brittany Long Olsen

December 10, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Happy Shop by Brittany Long Olsen was a book I had on my TBR for awhile now. I didn’t know what to expect, except it was a graphic novel and would have some type of magic in it. And in the short run, that is what it is all about: A girl finds a magical shop, magical things happen, she makes magical friends. Yet, there is a bit more. It is about how and why the girl is in need of a magical shop. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Brittany Long Olsen, daughters, emotions, family, Feelings, friendship, magic, mothers, moving, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:592 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Brittany Long Olsen, daughters, emotions, family, Feelings, friendship, magic, mothers, moving, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes ·
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Boy: Part Two

The Boy From Clearwater: Book Two by Yu Pei-Yun, Jian-Xin Zhou and Lin King

December 10, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

About a month or so ago I read The Boy From Clearwater: Book One by Yu Pei-Yun, Jian-Xin Zhou and Lin King (Translator). At the time I didn’t think I would go onto book two, The Boy From Clearwater: Book Two, but something said I should and located an interlibrary loan copy from my local library.  Usually sequels are not as strong as the first book, but while I feel the first book was stronger in many aspects, this second book has strong pieces of […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: Asian, China, family, Jian-Xin Zhou, Lin King, political, Political prisoners, Social Themes, Twain, Yu Pei-Yun, Yu Pei-Yun, Jian-Xin Zhou and Lin King

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:591 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: Asian, China, family, Jian-Xin Zhou, Lin King, political, Political prisoners, Social Themes, Twain, Yu Pei-Yun, Yu Pei-Yun, Jian-Xin Zhou and Lin King ·
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When Life was bored, Death took a holiday

Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis by Dave Maass, Patrick Lay, Ezra Rose and Richard Bruning

December 9, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis by Dave Maass, Patrick Lay, Ezra Rose and  Richard Bruning, is a lofty graphic novel undertaking. Over the top. Beautiful and Ugly. It is not an allegory of the Holocaust, but its roots are there. This is a story of how the General Overall  takes with his War. It is fiction, and it is history. It is the past, present and future. Bored, flamboyant Life wants something to happen to stop their boredom. And Death gives it. They are […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: 20th Century, Dave Maass, Dave Maass, Patrick Lay, Ezra Rose and Richard Bruning, dictators, Dystopian comics, Ethnic Orientation |, Ezra Rose, Holocaust, life & death, literary, Modern Atlantis (legendary place), Patrick Lay, Richard Bruning, wars

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:590 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: 20th Century, Dave Maass, Dave Maass, Patrick Lay, Ezra Rose and Richard Bruning, dictators, Dystopian comics, Ethnic Orientation |, Ezra Rose, Holocaust, life & death, literary, Modern Atlantis (legendary place), Patrick Lay, Richard Bruning, wars ·
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Old idea, new presentation

Papilio by Ben Clanton, Andy Chou Musser and Corey R. Tabor

December 9, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The concept of coming of age is told through the eyes of a butterfly in Papilio. Ben Clanton, Andy Chou Musser, and Corey R. Tabor created a unique read (the coming of age concept) but still is a book about a butterfly and its life cycle. We follow Papilio from the changes they have from egg to a falling (though feels like flying) caterpillar, to an actual flying butterfly. Told in three “chapters” these sections show us the stages of going from caterpillar, to caterpillar […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Andy Chou Musser, animals, Ben Clanton, Ben Clanton, Andy Chou Musser and Corey R. Tabor, butterflies, caterpillars, Corey R. Tabor, emotions, enviorment, Feelings, life style, moths, nature, nature & science, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:588 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Andy Chou Musser, animals, Ben Clanton, Ben Clanton, Andy Chou Musser and Corey R. Tabor, butterflies, caterpillars, Corey R. Tabor, emotions, enviorment, Feelings, life style, moths, nature, nature & science, Social Themes ·
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Family, faith and More

Almost Sunset by Wahab Algarmi

December 9, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Almost Sunset by Wahab Algarmi is a relatable story of trying to balance it all, but with the addition of being a Muslim which many readers (strong 8 to 12-13) might not be familiar with. Overall, things are sweet, fun and informative. However, my score of a 3 is more of a 3.5 as there were a few things I would have liked to know more about and a few arcs in the story were not my favorite.  The cover gives you how the illustrations […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Religion, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: celebrations, friendship, holidays, Multigenerational, Muslim, Social Themes, Wahab Algarmi

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:585 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Religion, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: celebrations, friendship, holidays, Multigenerational, Muslim, Social Themes, Wahab Algarmi ·
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