Sunday, September 3, 2023

Part of Your World by Liz Braswell, and Stephanie Kate Strom, illustrated by Kelly Matthews & Nichole Matthews - ADVISABLE

Part of Your World (Twisted Tale Graphic Novel)
by Liz Braswell, adapted by Stephanie Kate Strom, illustrated by Kelly Matthews & Nichole Matthews
. 156 pages. GRAPHIC NOVEL Disney/Hyperion, 2023. $22.

Language: G (0 swears 0 'f'); Mature Content: G; Violence: PG (Ursula killed) 

BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - ADVISABLE 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE 

It has been 5 years since Ursula defeated Ariel, captured the Sea King, bespelled and married Prince Eric, and took control of the kingdom. Ariel is now the ruler under the sea, but without her voice, she communicates in signs. Then a seagull tells Ariel that Eric has remembered something from before and Ariel takes a chance to go to the surface and see if she can rescue her father. 

I really enjoyed reading this as a graphic novel - more than I liked the novel itself. There are a couple of rough plot points, but the whole is pretty delightful. All of the main characters are portrayed as white. 

Cindy, Library Teacher 

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