Nimona

Heard about this one in the New York Times Book Review section and as I was about to head off on a vacation I decided I had to have it right away and actually did the right thing by buying it from a real live bookstore in my home town. I was glad I did. I also thought my kids might enjoy it too and, in fact, I let my 10-year-old daughter read it first. She took it in her greedy little hands and dashed off to a quiet corner. She gave it back about 90 minutes later. “How was it?” I asked. “Awesome,” she said. So then I read it and discovered why I occasionally heard my daughter snickering to herself. And if you like graphic novels about spunky shape-shifting teenage girls who want to apprentice themselves to the local supervillain, you might like it too.