School of Love Vol. 1 Review

 

 

Rating: 4/5

Synopsis: Middle-school best friends Linon and Garance decide to conduct a little research around their school to see how different students perceive the concept of love.

 

The Secret Garden Vol. 1 Review

 

Rating: 5/5

Synopsis: Based on the book by classic British children’s novelist Francis Hodgson Burnett (which I have not read), The Secret Garden follows 10-year-old Mary who moves to her uncle’s English mansion from India after her parents’ death. There, she finds a door leading to the titular enchanted garden where whimsy adventures ensue.

 

Magic Vol. 1 Review

 

Rating: 3/5

Synopsis: A purple-haired girl named Evelyne is sent to live with a convent of nuns and later apprentice by her parents who suspect she’s a witch.

 

Lost in the Future Vol. 1 Review

 

Rating: 4.5/5

Synopsis: After a class group of five kids fall into a pit, they subsequently find themselves in the future and embark on a journey back home.

 

The Keeper of the Little Folk Vol. 1 Review

 

Rating: 4/5

Synopsis: Elina finds out she’s the next Keeper of the Little Folk, a society of fairies and other small fantastical beings, to succeed her now incapacitated grandmother.

 

Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters Vol. 1 Review

 

Rating: 5/5

Synopsis: Orphan wanderer Rainbow is in search in the wild for her sister Jonna who has been missing for a year, only to discover a world with larger-than-life beasts in the first volume of this epic fantasy adventure.

 

Guts Review

Rating: 5/5

 
Synopsis: Raina Telgemeier's newest memoir, Guts, chronicles her struggles living with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) during her elementary/middle school years.

Ghosts Review

Rating: 5/5

Synopsis: Catrina and her family move to the town Bahia de la Luna in northern California due to her younger sister, Maya's, cystic fibrosis. There, they encounter ghosts because of Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead).

Adventure Time Vol. 15 Review

Rating: 4/5

Synopsis: In the 15th volume of the Adventure Time comics, after Princess Bubblegum finds a treasure map, she launches a hot air balloon race in search of the treasure. The race is divided into two teams, males (Finn, Jake, BMO and a mysterious guy named Stanley Nougat) and females (PB, Marceline, and Lumpy Space Princess).