Wraithborn, Vol. 1 by Joe Benítez & Marcia Chen

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Title: Wraithborn

Series: Wraithborn, Vol. 1

Author: Joe Benítez, Marcia Chen 

Illustrator: Joe Benítez

Genre: Graphic Novel

Publisher: Benitez Productions 

Date: November 2016

Length: x pages

This book was free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

He was trained from birth to inherit a mythical power. She is the timid teenage girl to whom it was bestowed instead. Together only they can stop an ancient evil from rising and enslaving all humankind. An epic urban fantasy from the creator of Lady Mechanika! Collects all 6 issues of the "Redux" edition of Wraithborn.

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Awkward girl is accidentally given mystical powers and must become a ninja and help save the world? Yes, please, sign me up.

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Leave a Comment 3.5, 4.0, Graphic Novel, Joe Benítez, Marcia Chen, Review

Goldie Vance, Vol.1 by Hope Larson

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Title: Goldie Vance

Series: Goldie Vance, Volume 1

Author: Hope Larson

Illustrator: Brittney Williams

Genre: Graphic Novel, Mystery, Middle Grades

Publisher: BOOM! Box

Date: October 11, 2016

Length: 112 pages

This book was free from NetGalley in Exchange for an honest review

Move over Nancy, Harriet, & Veronica. There's a new sleuth on the block!
Sixteen-year-old Marigold “Goldie” Vance lives at a Florida resort with her dad, who manages the place. Her mom, who divorced her dad years ago, works as a live mermaid at a club downtown. Goldie has an insatiable curiosity, which explains her dream to one day become the hotel’s in-house detective. When Charles, the current detective, encounters a case he can’t crack, he agrees to mentor Goldie in exchange for her help solving the mystery. Eisner Award-winning writer Hope Larson (A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel) and artist Brittney Williams (Patsy Walker, A.K.A Hellcat!) present the newest gal sleuth on the block with Goldie Vance, an exciting, whodunnit adventure.

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If you take Nancy Drew, reimagine her as a biracial gear head, amp up the sass, and replace Ned with Diane, then you have pint size dynamo Goldie Vance.

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2 comments #DiverseReads, 3.5, Graphic Novel, Hope Larson, LGTBQIA, Mystery & Suspense, Review, Young Adult

Moletown by Torben Kuhlmann

Title: Moletown
Author & Illustrator: Torben Kuhlmann
Genre: Wordless Picture Book
Publisher: NorthSouth
Date: October 2015
Length: 32 pages

My kids picked it out at the library

Torben Kulhmann's stunningly illustrated, nearly wordless tale offers a fascinating window into an imaginary, yet hauntingly familiar world under our feet, where a mole suddenly recognizes the precarious balance between progress and preservation. Kulhmann's open ended text encourages thoughtful exploration into possible solutions, and his delightful endpapers depict a montage of solutions that could very well save the moles' world and ours.

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Moletown is a whimsical take on the growth of a city. From the first settler to the development of industry and beyond, children will enjoy exploring the illustrations in this almost wordless picture book.

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Leave a Comment 3.5, Book Trailer, Children's Books, Picture Book, Review, Torben Kuhlmann, Wordless Picture Book