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A review by cweichel
Quince by Sebastian Kadlecik, Kit Steinkellner
5.0
I realio trulio loved this book so much!
Lupe's quinceañera is special in more ways than she anticipated. Not only is it her coming of age into womanhood, it's the day her super powers manifest. Luckily, her abuela, who's been through it all herself, is there to mentor and guide her. It's a wild and wonderful year for Lupe as she saves her community over and over and experiences fan adoration. It's also hard work and very stressful! It isn't easy living two separate lives. When her grades start slipping she has to work with a tutor. Still, everything seems to be fine until it is discovered that there is another teen at her high school with super powers, and he's full of evil.
While there is some romance in this book, it's nothing that would keep me from handing it off to a ten year old to read. In fact, Lupe is the ideal role model. She's strong, independent, compassionate and kind. Sebastian Kadlecik wanted to create a comic book with a super hero his Latino nieces would want to emulate, and who would be a mirror for them to see themselves and their families. Not only have the creators accomplished it, this trio have created a superhero for all girls (and even boys) to look up to.
Even if the ending almost made me cry, this book still makes me happy!
I appreciated the diverse cast of characters at the school Lupe attends. I love Lupe's Latino family, but most especially her abuela! Their relationship is a highlight of the book for me. I especially love that this book makes pink a power colour!
I had problems with some text being too small to read but because I was reading it on my iPad, I could enlarge it. I'm not sure if that is a problem with me or the book though, since I have trouble with text in graphic novels on a regular basis. The text in the gutters and inside the frames didn't bother me, but it does make the page look busy.
Lupe's quinceañera is special in more ways than she anticipated. Not only is it her coming of age into womanhood, it's the day her super powers manifest. Luckily, her abuela, who's been through it all herself, is there to mentor and guide her. It's a wild and wonderful year for Lupe as she saves her community over and over and experiences fan adoration. It's also hard work and very stressful! It isn't easy living two separate lives. When her grades start slipping she has to work with a tutor. Still, everything seems to be fine until it is discovered that there is another teen at her high school with super powers, and he's full of evil.
While there is some romance in this book, it's nothing that would keep me from handing it off to a ten year old to read. In fact, Lupe is the ideal role model. She's strong, independent, compassionate and kind. Sebastian Kadlecik wanted to create a comic book with a super hero his Latino nieces would want to emulate, and who would be a mirror for them to see themselves and their families. Not only have the creators accomplished it, this trio have created a superhero for all girls (and even boys) to look up to.
Even if the ending almost made me cry, this book still makes me happy!
I appreciated the diverse cast of characters at the school Lupe attends. I love Lupe's Latino family, but most especially her abuela! Their relationship is a highlight of the book for me. I especially love that this book makes pink a power colour!
I had problems with some text being too small to read but because I was reading it on my iPad, I could enlarge it. I'm not sure if that is a problem with me or the book though, since I have trouble with text in graphic novels on a regular basis. The text in the gutters and inside the frames didn't bother me, but it does make the page look busy.