A review by shelby1994
A Map to the Sun by Sloane Leong

sad fast-paced

3.0

 A bunch of teen girls are forced to start a basketball team to get away from their suboptimal homes and people are really shitty to them about it! 
 

First off, this graphic novel is visually STUNNING. Very “Spiderverse, but make it Lisa Frank colors.” Definitely a summer vibe. 

The story is kind of a let down though. For some reason I had assumed that there was going to be a love story attached to some of the characters (of which there are so many it’s easy to lose track), and there’s not and that’s chill, but there’s not a lot of character development replacing that hook. It also hit at a weird part of the YA spectrum - serious subject matter (family drug addiction, death, self-harm), but without a lot of discussion or resolution around it, which I think needs to be present in YA books to provide context for younger readers. 

 For:
 

1. Teens who want a non-fantasy entry into graphic novels
2. WNBA diehards 
3. Neon enthusiasts