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mldavisreads's review
informative
3.75
Informational graphic novel. I have been reading a lot about bees, so this graphic novel caught my eye. It focuses on Nyuki, a young bee and her older sister Dvorah. Nyuki is resistant to change, whether it's metamorphosis from larva to bee, swarming with the hive, or leaving the hive to become a forager. Dvorah continually encourages her. This story is told as a narrative, but has a ton of bee facts in it. From the exact dimensions of honeycomb to the division of labor in the hive, there is lots to learn here. This book featured several honeybee deaths, which is realistic of course but some readers might want to be forewarned. The introduction is a bee-focused retelling of the Big Ban Theory, which I found very off-putting but once that passed the rest of the story was less abstract. Overall a good story with a lot of information throughout.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
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