Science Comics: Solar System: Our Place in Space by Rosemary
Mosco, illustrated by Jon Chad. 122
pages. GRAPHIC NOVEL First Second
(Roaring Brook Press), 2018. $13.
Content: Language: G; Mature Content: G;
Violence: PG-13.
BUYING ADVISORY: MS – ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
A girl named Sara is home sick when her
friend Jill comes to visit and decides to teach her about the Solar
System. They make up a story about a
spaceship full of their pets and take the reader on a journey through space. The sun and each planet is featured with
highlights about each one, including a report from the space pets. Not everything goes smoothly for the space
pets, but each planet is discussed and Jill helps Sara understand and love the
solar system.
The non-fiction portion of
this book is five stars. I thought the
highlights about each planet were fascinating and I was reading parts out loud
to my family. The illustrations are
bright and attractive which is an important part in a graphic novel. The story about the space pets was boring and
made the book seem very juvenile, which will turn older readers away even
though the facts are interesting for all.
The violence is random and shocking, and it includes the story of a man
getting his nose cut off by a sword with a graphic picture to go with
it-completely out of place with the feel of the rest of the book and pushing it
into middle school level. Great
non-fiction, but not great overall.
C.
Peterson
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