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by Jennifer Muro (Author) Gretel Lusky (Illustrator)
Artistry and super-heroics collide ain this new superhero story!
Thirteen-year-old Ashley Rayburn is an upbeat girl with a decidedly downbeat past. With a father in prison, Ashley has bounced from foster home to foster home and represents a real challenge to the social workers who try to help her--not because she's inherently bad, but because trouble always seems to find her. Things start looking up for Ashley when she finds new, loving parents, a best friend, and an outlet for her creative skills. But her life quickly gets more complicated when she also finds a suitcase full of specially enhanced body paints, changing her from artist to the world's newest superhero. It's the greatest thing to happen in her life so far, until Ashley finds herself pursued by a government agency that wants those paints back! Now she has to make hard choices to protect her new parents and learn what it truly means to be a family. From writers Jennifer Muro (Star Wars: Forces of Destiny) and Thomas Krajewski (Netflix's Buddy Thunderstruck) and artist Gretel Lusky comes a brand-new superhero for the DC Universe in a story that is alternately fun, dramatic, emotional, and uplifting.
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Gr 4-8--Thirteen-year-old Ashley hasn't had an easy time in the foster system, taking her feelings out on the world through pranks and graffiti. But it seems like she might be fitting right in with her new foster family, the quirky Nolans: Kitch, an artist and professor, and Yuka, a scientist at Zecromax Labs. Just as things settle down at home and school, Yuka brings home a mysterious briefcase, which Ashley filches, full of body paints that give her superpowers. As Ashley hits the streets to fight crime and save lives, she catches the attention of supersoldier Cal Strack, who wants her abilities for his own ambitious purposes. Can Ashley fight crime and protect her new family, too? A fast-paced plot, memorable characters, and a healthy dash of classic comic book convolution make this a satisfying read for hero connoisseurs. Lusky's vibrant, expressive artwork perfectly conveys the dynamic action. While this adventure wraps up by the end of the volume, lingering opportunities and threats indicate more to come. VERDICT For fans of Wonder Woman and She-Ra looking for a colorful fix.--Darla Salva Cruz, Suffolk Cooperative Lib. Syst., Bellport, NY
Copyright 2020 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.JUV008020 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Superheroes
JUV008040 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Action & Adventure
Superheroes
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