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Middle Grade Graphic Novel Grab Bag

Lunar Boy by Jes and Cin Wibowo

How It All Ends by Emma Hunsinger

Tiffany's Griffon by Magnolia Porter-Siddell and Maddi Gonzalez

Plane Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol

Sink or Swim by Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie

Beetle and the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne

August 25, 2024 by GentleRain 2 Comments

As much as I am very grateful to be in grad school, I really missed getting to read for fun and so when I came home, I promised myself I could have an unfettered bookstore shopping trip. The result was a basket of so many books that the checkout guy said “Wow,” and a good proportion of those were middle grade graphic novels, because I love them. Lunar Boy is a sweet coming of age story that follows Indu. He was found on the moon […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Aliza Layne, Emma Hunsinger, graphic novels, Jes and Cin Wibowo, Magnolia Porter-Siddell & Maddi Gonzalez, Magnolia Porter-Siddell and Maddi Gonzalez, middle grade, Vera Brosgol, Veronica Agarwal & Lee Durfey-Lavoie, Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie

GentleRain's CBR16 Review No:62 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Aliza Layne, Emma Hunsinger, graphic novels, Jes and Cin Wibowo, Magnolia Porter-Siddell & Maddi Gonzalez, Magnolia Porter-Siddell and Maddi Gonzalez, middle grade, Vera Brosgol, Veronica Agarwal & Lee Durfey-Lavoie, Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie ·
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The Boy on the moon

Lunar Boy by Jes and Cin Wibowo

April 1, 2024 by BlackRaven 1 Comment

I am starting my review of Lunar Boy with: I have questions. None are about the story itself, which is, a child from the Moon is adopted by a woman from New Earth. They live on a space station until the mother, in the process of helping her New Earth friend deal with the death of his wife, falls in love, marries, and moves to New Earth. Then, Indu (the child) must deal with not just the stress of a move to a new home, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: adolescence, Cin Wibowo, coming-of-age, family, friendship, gender, glbtq, Jes and Cin Wibowo, Jes Wibowo, magic, neo-Indonesian, Social Themes, traditions

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:125 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: adolescence, Cin Wibowo, coming-of-age, family, friendship, gender, glbtq, Jes and Cin Wibowo, Jes Wibowo, magic, neo-Indonesian, Social Themes, traditions ·
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