“A headstrong young girl makes a hasty decision and finds herself in a galaxy far, far away in this graphic-novel shining star. It's fun, plenty funny, and more than a little random. Fortunately, Hatke's got them, and he doles out an increasingly loony and charming array of aliens, robots, and unclassifiable blobs and hairy things for Zita (herself a cross between Ramona Quimby and a Matt Phelan waif) to encounter. Any story in which one can escape prison with a tube of "doorpaste" (just like toothpaste, except that it makes magic doors appear when smeared on a wall) obviously puts more stock in wowing imaginations than satisfying logic, and it needs solid cartooning chops to back it up. She makes some allies, takes off after him, and zany mishaps and dashing adventures ensue. Zita follows and lands on a delightfully bizarre alien planet, where she sees Joseph being captured by a tentacled, scuba-headed creature. Of course, no one could resist pushing a mystery button, which pops open an interdimensional portal that whisks Joseph away. “For no reason at all, a little red button crashes to earth while Zita and her pal Joseph are out cavorting around. SD Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award ML School Library Journal Best Graphic Novel of the YearĪmelia Bloomer Project/Feminist Task Force Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award Master ListĬapitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens South Dakota Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award Master List Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Master List Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award Maser List New Hampshire Great Stone Face Award Master List
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Might Jack and Zita the Spacegirl comes out Sept.
If the second book and the latest is any indication, this is a great series to read. I also didn’t know a number of the characters, which didn’t help, although I would like to see them again. I found myself often being lost as to who was who and why they were acting they way they were acting. I think you need to read the other books to fully appreciate this one. The book, like the other I have read before, has amazing illustrations and a great story-line. When the two meet, they’re more than ready for another adventure.” Zita, according to the book, “is fresh from a slew of interplanetary travels and seeking Jack’s help to face a new threat. Jack and his friends are ordinary kids who become extraordinary thanks to some magic and their own bravery and courage.
I really enjoy author/illustrator Ben Hatke’s work, particularly Nobody Likes a Goblin, a picture book, and Little Robot, a graphic novel. I have read Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke, but not Zita The Spacegirl, but after reading Might Jack and Zita the Spacegirl graphic novel ($19.50, Raincoast, First Second), I need to find it.
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