Review: Lumberjanes continues to be an enjoyable read where female friendships are celebrated and take center stage. This graphic novel series is a fun mash-up between traditional camping experiences and fantasy. In this volume we get more backstory as how the camp started, the camp director Rosie, and the mysterious Bear Woman we met in the last volume. We also learn what it means to be a Lumberjane, a person who drops everything in order to help their friends in a time of need, as our young Lumberjanes get together and put their combined skill set in use as they try to save their camp counselor Jen after she disappears.
Rating: 4 stars
Words of Caution: None. Recommended for Grades 4 and up.
Review: My favorite part of this volume is learning about the families of our favorite Lumberjanes and how they met one another, which sets the stage of our story. Unlike the other volumes in this series, there is one main plot point that we are following which isn't necessarily a bad thing. In this volume we are zeroing in the flaw of April who likes to control things and we see how her attempts affects others. We also find out that there are mermaids in the lake near camp, which really isn't all that surprising considering all the other wacky/supernatural/fantasy things that happen in this series.
Rating: 4 stars
Words of Caution: None. Recommended for Grades 4 and up.
If you like these books try: Princeless series by Jeremy Whitley, Ms. Marvel series by G. Willow Wilson, Foiled by Jane Yolen
Labels:
2016 YRHMB Reading Challenge,
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Childrens,
Fantasy,
Friendship,
GLBT,
Graphic Novel,
Humor,
Lumberjanes series,
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Mermaids! Oh yea, I need to get these for the littles in the family. LOL
These both sound like they were pretty solid reads.
Aww yay, I love these! (I assume it was you who originally recommended them to me, but I can't quite remember). I adore these girls so much and it was so nice learning more about their families. Though I will say, I am not a huge fan of the illustrator that did the majority of the mermaid volume - much prefer the other style!