Chasma Knights by Boya Sun and Kate Reed Petty, 112 pages. GRAPHIC NOVEL. First Second(Roaring Brook
(Holtzbrinck)), 2018 $18
Language: G (0 swears); Mature
Content: G; Violence: G
BUYING
ADVISORY: EL –OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE
APPEAL: HIGH
Beryl is a toy maker and inventor. Everyone
in her world is a knight of some kind, some can do more than others, like Oxygen
Knights and Sulfur Knights, but she is just a lowly Neon Knight so she can catalyze
anything. When she meets Coro, things
change –Coro can catalyze Beryl’s fantastic inventions. But will Beryl get the
credit she deserves or is a Coro just using her to show off? Filled with
adorable bright graphic novel illustrations.
I was well prepared to love this
book as one of the author/illustrators has works on another series I love. However,
this story was just confusing, and young readers aren’t going to understand the
whole underlying periodic table of the elements theme. I didn’t understand if
she was making toys or capturing them (ala pokemon), and then changing them.
The illustrations are wonderful but I probably wouldn’t add this to my library.
But its very wholesome, so it couldn’t hurt either.
Reviewer: Stephanie MLS &
Author.
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