Superman: Dawnbreaker (DC Icons, #4) by Matt De La Pena, 289 pages. Random House, 2019. $19
Content:
Language: PG-13 Mature Content: PG;
Violence: PG-13.
BUYING ADVISORY: MS,
HS – ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Clark Kent has spent most of his life trying
to suppress his strength and appear average in the small farming community of
Smallville. When a new corporation starts
buying up farms and snooping around his parents’ farm, Clark and his best
friend, Lana, start to investigate the new company. Also, a girl at school named Gloria, whom
Clark thinks is beautiful, is upset because people from her family and
neighborhood are disappearing amidst the immigration question in Smallville.
I have loved this DC Icons series that gives a
backstory on superheroes during their teen years. I thought addressing the immigration question
was a good undercurrent throughout this book, and liked the mystery that Clark
had to figure out. Where this book falls
short, especially in comparison to the other DC Icon books, is the lack of
character development. I wanted to feel
like I knew what drove Clark Kent to be a superhero, and that wasn’t
conveyed. The content includes kidnapping,
underage drinking and fighting.
Reviewer,
C. Peterson
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