Review and Giveaway: DC Super Hero Girls- At Metropolis High

DC Super Hero Girls: At Metropolis High 

(DC Super Hero Girls Graphic Novels) 

By Amy Wolfram 

Illustrated by Yancey Labat 

10/15/19 

DC Zoom 

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A new era of DC Super Hero Girls begins in DC Super Hero Girls: At Metropolis High! 

Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Green Lantern, Bumblebee, and Zatanna are continually late to class because of their crime-fighting, and Principal Chapin is tired of hearing their excuses. These girls need to show more school spirit...or else they'll be suspended! 

Principal Chapin's demand that they each find an after-school club and stick with it for a whole week seems easy, until the girls get kicked out of the clubs they choose. Instead, they must think outside the box and step out of their comfort zones. As if having secret identities and balancing school with super-heroics didn't offer enough challenges! 

Amy Wolfram (Teen Titans, Teen Titans Go!) and Yancey Labat (DC Super Hero Girls) show off a new vision of the DC Super Hero Girls! 

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Being a super hero is hard enough, but for Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Bumblebee, Supergirl, Batgirl, and Zatanna they must balance their super hero lives with protecting their super hero identities, all while navigating the world of high school...and they haven’t been doing too great lately. So, their principal tells each girl she must join an after-school club for a whole week, then report on what they’ve learned, or it’s bye-bye Metropolis High. Can the girls save themselves? 

Amy Wolfram and Yancey Labat’s middle-grade DC Super Hero Girls: At Metropolis High is an engaging new graphic novel, full of laughs, relatable characters, fun artwork, and age-appropriate action.  

Set in the same universe as the DC Super Hero Girls animated series (on Cartoon Network), DC Super Hero Girls: At Metropolis High excitedly explores a hip, fresh new take on these beloved super heroines. Wolfram infuses the story with a lot of clever laughs, cool super hero tech, thrilling action sequences, relatable teenage moments, and captivating character development. Young readers will enjoy and appreciate the excellent way the story focuses on the girls as both super heroes and complex teenage girls, and the fun, messy, never-boring-way, their two worlds collide. Labat’s bold, energetic, and expressive artwork perfectly captures all the humor, thrills, and heart within the story. 

With a refreshing take on beloved characters, cool action and fun thrills, charming illustrations, and an empowering message, DC Super Hero Girls: At Metropolis High is sure to delight, amuse, and entertain young readers! 

Amy Wolfram is a writer for television, movies, and comic books. She is super excited to be writing DC SUPER HERO GILS graphic novels! If she had to pick her favorite Super Hero Girl – she’d pick them all! Best known for her writing for Teen Titans for both television (TEEN TITANS, TEEN TITANS GO!) and comics (TEEN TITANS:YEAR ONE, TEEN TITANS GO!), Amy has also had fun writing for many of her favorite characters: Barbie, Staurt Little, Ben 10, Thunderbirds Are Go, and Scooby-Doo. When not busy writing, she enjoys crafting and quilting. 

Yancey Labat is the bestselling illustrator of the original DC SUPER HERO GIRLS graphic novel series. He got his start at Marvel Comics before moving on to illustrate children’s books from Hello Kitty to Peanuts for Scholastic, as well as books for Chronicle Books, ABCmouse.com, and others. His book How Many Jelly Beans? With writer Andea Menotti won the 2013 Cook Prize for best STEM (Science, Technology, Education, Math) picture book from Bank Street College of Education. 

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Dear Justice League Blog Tour (review & giveaway)

Dear Justice League 
By Michael Northrop 
Illustrated by Gustavo Duarte 
August 6, 2019 DC Zoom 
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The greatest heroes in the DC Comics universe, the Justice League, answer mail from their biggest fans--kids!--courtesy of Michael Northrop, New York Times bestselling author of TombQuest, and artist Gustavo Duarte. 

Does Superman ever make mistakes? What was Wonder Woman's eleventh birthday like? Does Aquaman smell like fish? In this new middle-grade graphic novel, iconic heroes are asked questions both big and small, and when they are not busy saving the world, the Justice League even finds time to respond. Their honest and humorous answers will surprise and delight readers of any age, as it turns out that being a superhero is not too different from being a kid. 

Full of feats, follies, and colorful illustrations, Dear Justice League gives readers the inside scoop into everyday heroics, no matter who wears the cape! 

Dear Justice League is a super fun, cleverly written and illustrated new middle-grade graphic novel that allows young readers to learn even more about their favorite DC super heroes, like Batman, Superman, Wonderwoman, Cyborg, and more! 

In Dear Justice League, some of DC’s most famous super heroes answer fan emails and letters, and the results are a slew of wacky, wild, and wonderful stories. Each fan email/question introduces an age-appropriate relatable topic that, when explored, offers timely and valuable life lessons. Michael Northrop does a superb job of bringing these infamous super heroes to life through laugh-out-loud humor, delightfully fun storylines, and pitch-perfect writing. Gustavo Durate’s bright, engaging illustrations, so full of lively details; awesomely crafted characters; and silly depictions, perfectly capture the stories being told. 

Dear Justice League is a super fun and entertaining treat for DC fans of all ages and graphic novel newbies! 

MY RATING 

5/5 Cupcakes

Michael Northrop is the New York Times bestselling author of Scholastic's new multi-platform series, TombQuest. His first young adult novel, Gentlemen, earned him a Publishers Weekly Flying Start citation, and his second, Trapped, was an Indie Next List selection. His first middle-grade novel, Plunked, was named one of the best children's books of the year by the New York Public Library and was selected for NPR's Backseat Book Club. He is originally from Salisbury, Connecticut, a small town in the foothills of the Berkshire mountains, where he mastered the arts of BB gun shooting, tree climbing, and field goal kicking with only moderate injuries. After graduating from NYU, he worked at Sports Illustrated Kids magazine for 12 years, the last five of those as baseball editor. 

Gustavo Duarte is a Brazilian cartoonist, graphic designer and a comics creator and currently resides in São Paulo. For the last 20 years, Duarte’s cartoons and illustrations have been published in some of the most popular publications in Brazil. In 2009, Duarte began publishing his own comics like Monsters!, Có!, Birds and others. In addition to his own works, he has also written and illustrated comics for major publishers including DC (Bizarro) and Marvel (Guardians of the Galaxy and Lockjaw), among others. 

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