Adventures Through Awkwardness: Graphic Novels
Hellooo, friends! I’m stoked about this month’s challenge: graphic novels. WORD. I’m a newbie to graphic novels myself, but I do love them so. This month’s challenge is pretty epic, if I do say so myself. There’s TONS of great graphic novels for kiddos out there, so grab one up and dive in!
You guys know the drill: You can read any middle grade graphic novel during this month. Links to your reviews can be posted in the comments or in the giveaway widget. You can read one or five or however many you want, link up your review and be entered to win one of the graphic novels below!
The Avatar’s adventures continue right where the TV series left off, in this beautiful, oversized hardcover of The Promise, from Airbender creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko! Aang and friends must join together once again as the four nations’ tenuous peace is threatened in an impasse between Fire Lord Zuko and Earth King Kuei! As the world heads toward another devastating war, Aang’s friendship with Zuko throws him into the middle of the conflict! Featuring annotations by Eisner Award-winning writer Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese) and artist Gurihiru (Thor and the Warriors Four), and a brand-new sketchbook, this is a story that Avatar fans need in an edition they will love!
An orphan and a thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy train station. He desperately believes a broken automation will make his dreams come true. But when his world collides with an eccentric girl and a bitter old man, Hugo’s undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy.
When a young Cleopatra (yes, THAT Cleopatra) finds a mysterious tablet that zaps her to the far, REALLY far future, she learns of an ancient prophecy that says she is destined to save the galaxy from the tyrannical rule of the evil Xaius Octavian. She enrolls in Yasiro Academy, a high-tech school with classes like algebra, biology, and alien languages (which Cleo could do without), and combat training (which is more Cleo’s style). With help from her teacher Khensu, Cleo learns what it takes to be a great leader, while trying to figure out how she’s going to get her homework done, make friends, and avoid detention!
I love love graphic novels. I had no idea that the invention of Hugo Cabret was a graphic novel??? Interesting. I just went to Comic Con San Diego and got to go to the Korra panel. It was super fun. Sad that it can only be watched on the internet now.