Student Saturday: Smile by Raina Telgemeier

 

Genre: Middle Grade, Graphic Novel, Realistic Fiction

Student Reviewer: Erika R.

Raina Telgemeier is an author who a book named, "Smile" about times throughout her life. Raina is a just a teenager but one day she trips and falls causing her front teeth to fall. She starts struggling about her personal life and worrying about her smile. I've related to her in a way because I had to worry about my smile. and have braces too. This book was fun and also serious. Comic books are fun books to read and this book was super creative. I recommend this to people who love comic books and any who are interested in like teen or just relatable books. I rate this book a 9/10, I read it multiple times!

Student Saturday: The Stonekeeper's Curse (Amulet #2) by Kazu Kibuishi

Genre:  Middle Grade, Fantasy, Graphic Novel

Student Reviewer:   Hannah T.

Emily is a bright, determined young girl, and her brother Navin is a young man with good leadership skills. They are in their great-grandfather's house, which is a colossal robot. The two of them, along with the great grandfather's robots, are looking for a cure so their mom can awake from her coma. They go to this city of waterfalls called Kanalis. While there, they meet a fox named Leon, who tells Emily he can teach her how to control her amulet better. But little do they know the elves followed them once they got to the city. Emily and Navin find out how to cure their mother. Will Emily and her brother find the cure? Or will everything take a turn for the worse?

I read this book and book 1, which met my expectations. I recommend this book to kids in 5th grade to 7th or 8th grade because I knew a kid who was reading the series when they were in 5th grade, and I'm reading it in eighth grade. I made somewhat of a connection though because when my mom is sick and she can't cook for us, i usually cook for everyone. This reminded me a lot of the fact that Emily is taking care of her brother while their mother is in a coma.

 

Student Saturday: The Hidden Kingdom (Wings of Fire #3) by Tui T. Sutherland

 

Genre: Middle Grade, Graphic Novel, Fantasy

Student Reviewer: Valeria N.

"The Hidden Kingdom, Wings of Fire" is a graphic novel created by Tui T. Sutherland. The story 
sets place in a fantasy world of dragons, Glory is a Rainwing dragon, Glory wants to learn more about Rainwings since she never really has lived with them. Everybody thinks that Rainwing dragons are lazy, but Glory does not believe this, since Glory isn't lazy at all. And Rainwings are going missing! So Glory decides to go to a Rainwing tribe and show everybody that Rainwings are not lazy, and to find the mystery of why Rainwings are going missing. So Glory goes on a journey to find her tribe, and when she reaches her tribe she is shocked Rainwings are lazy, they sleep all day on the treetops. And they don't realize that Rainwings are going missing. Glory is very disappointed in Rainwings, but she is still determined to unlock the mystery of the missing Rainwings. I personally did not like this book as it got boring really fast and escalated really fast. I would recommend this book to younger children who like graphic novels. I believe they would find it interesting.