Science Comics: Skyscrapers: The Heights of Engineering by
John Kerschbaum GRAPHIC NOVEL First Second (Roaring Brook), 2019. $13.
Content: Language: G; Mature Content: G; Violence: G.
BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS – ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
A superhero takes his side kick on a tour and
explanation of skyscrapers using time travel.
He starts with the history of the tallest buildings and why they were invented. Then he explains the engineering involved in
building skyscrapers and how that engineering has evolved. Along the way, the side kick makes funny
comparisons to the superhero’s run-ins with different villains.
I enjoyed this explanation and history of
skyscrapers and I’m not into engineering.
It’s interesting that we take for granted how complex skyscrapers are
even though we live in and among them.
The engineering explanations are simple enough that a beginner can
understand them, but detailed so it will take a reader with a higher vocabulary
to comprehend. The superhero and side
kick were good comic relief.
Reviewer,
C. Peterson
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