Knights Club: The Bands of Bravery by Shuky -ADVISABLE

Knights Club: The Bands of Bravery by Shuky and illustrated by Waltch, 184 pages. GRAPHIC NOVEL. Penguin Random House. 2018 $10

Language: G (0 swears); Mature Content: G; Violence: G

BUYING ADVISORY: EL –ADVISABLE

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH

This book is like a conglomeration of: a graphic novel, ayou choose adventure, and dungeons and dragons type game. Readers choose a character, and set off on an adventure to find bands of bravery. The reader must keep track of the attributes of their character, the gold they collect, the bands they find, and more. The adventure I took involved outsmarting a dragon, riding and selling a donkey, and eventually falling into a pit. The artwork simple and will be fun if the final book is published in color.

I can see quite a few students finding this book to be great fun, especially if they love gaming but have limited screen time –this is the next best thing. It does take paper and pen to make the book really work, but it would be played without it. I think students will find this to a new and quirky think to try out and it would be worth getting this to find out. It would appeal to gaming fans, graphic novel fans, and fans of the You Choose Books which were HUGE at my school library.

Reviewer: Stephanie MLS & Author.