NPR’s Summer Reading List Includes Graphic Novels
From the article–”Summer Reads for Former Recess Rebels” by
Mouse Guard Volume One: Fall 1152 by David Peterson
Mouse Guard is medieval intrigue among mice. “If there exists anyone who is unmoved by the sheer, giddy awesomeness that is manifest in a fight scene between a crab and a sword-wielding mouse in a teensy purple cape, I don’t want to meet them.”
Phonogram: Rue Britannia by Kieron Gillen and Jamie Mckelvie
“This dark, ruthless fantasy posits a world where pop music is dangerously potent magic with the power to reshape a person’s very soul.”
Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O’Malley
“[Scott Pilgrim] is effortlessly, albeit nerdily, cool, and his exploits, which O’Malley will win you over.”
The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg
From DC Comics’ Minx, a new imprint aimed at teenage girls, The Plain Janes is a “tale of Jane, a city teen who starts a secret “art gang” upon finding herself exiled to a suburban high school…”
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