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A review by lrcartee
Squirrel Meets World by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale
3.0
Doreen Green is an extraordinary girl with a beautiful tail and squirrelly features. When she moved from California to New Jersey she made a promise to keep her tail and squirrel powers hidden but that became impossible when trouble started in her neighborhood.
This book is about how Squirrel Girl became a super hero. Squirrel Girl started as a comic book series and now Shannon And Dean Hale have adapted her story into a chapter book. Keeping in mind this a children's novel and that stories about super heroes aren't really my thing, I did think this book would have benefitted from better editing. I felt it drug on and didn't really even introduce the villain until well into the book. There was too much time spent on establishing her persona and surroundings. Once the villain was introduced the book picked up in interest for me. I also found the footnotes a distraction.
Nonetheless, I think kids will find the book engaging and entertaining, it just wasn't my cup of tea.
This book is about how Squirrel Girl became a super hero. Squirrel Girl started as a comic book series and now Shannon And Dean Hale have adapted her story into a chapter book. Keeping in mind this a children's novel and that stories about super heroes aren't really my thing, I did think this book would have benefitted from better editing. I felt it drug on and didn't really even introduce the villain until well into the book. There was too much time spent on establishing her persona and surroundings. Once the villain was introduced the book picked up in interest for me. I also found the footnotes a distraction.
Nonetheless, I think kids will find the book engaging and entertaining, it just wasn't my cup of tea.