The Aquanaut by Dan Santat was a moving, fun graphic novel about marine life and the meaning of family. You meet Sophia, the daughter of Michel who dies in the sinking of vessel that he and his brother were using to research the sea. During this sinking, Paul ends ups surviving and is left to take care of Sophia. Paul is quite busy with his work, leaving Sophia alone a lot. One day an old diving suit appears out of the water. What the people don’t know is that it’s operated by marine animals.
Yotsuba is about a small girl named, well, Yotsuba! In this book follow her as she comprehends criticism about her art, swears revenge after watching a gangster movie, and goes to buy cake! From the creator of Azumanga Daioh, Kiyohiko has done amazing work on this book.
This book follows the story of teenager Craig Gilner. He wants to succeed but nearly kills himself over it. The book follows his journey with his mental health and all the ups and downs along the way. To me, the book was in a way very relatable, which I personally always love in a book. The way that Craig reacted to situations and simply the things he struggled with as a teen, is very compelling and I sort of saw myself in him a little bit, as I am also a teenager.
Tsukimi Kurashita is a young girl living in Tokyo, Japan. Ever since she was little, she’s had a fascination with jellyfish. She lives in an apartment called Amamizukan, a haven for girls with strange interests. But one day, she runs into a “stylish” or at least that’s what everyone in Amamizukan calls them. But little does she know that there may be more to this woman than she thinks. . .
Catch Me if You Can is a semi-autobiographical novel based on the novel’s author, Frank W. Abagnale, criminal venture into being a con-man and exploiting multiple companies and the FBI. In this partly fictionalized yet riveting story, the reader follows Abagnale’s criminal beginnings as a teenager to his attempts to become a law-abiding citizen in adulthood.
Wink is a weird and not so enjoyable fiction novel by Rob Harrel. This book is about a kid named Ross, one day in the middle of summer he finds a big lump on his right eye. Ross gets diagnosed with a rare eye cancer, at school, he is known as the cancer kid. Ross has to deal with a lot of stuff like his eye goo, winking, and bullies. I love the way the author adds funny comics and pictures to describe the story, but the way the author presented the book wasn’t enjoyable to me.
Nate, president of the robotics team, wants the school funding to focus on their needs. Charlie, the captain of the basketball team, wants the school funding to go towards getting the cheerleaders new clothes. Both parties decide to enter a robot battle competition to win $10,000, which will be able fund both clubs. What happens next? Read more to find out!
Although there have been many negative comments towards The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, I liked it and thought it was entertaining and fun to watch. The animations were spectacular, and the storyline was brilliant. The second LEGO movie began with the world fast forwarding five years later. Wildstyle became more intense than ever with the rest of the civilization of Bricksburg as well while Emmet stayed the same with an “everything is awesome” way.
I can watch The LEGO Movie all day and not get bored of it. The LEGO Movie is different from every other movie and that is why I recommend it. This movie has the best animated action, comedy, adventure, and suspense.
Although Kung Fu Panda 3 is my least favorite of the franchise, it is not terrible. The franchise has been an amazing watch and I hold it up to a very high standard. This movie was funny and had an adventure, but I did not like it as much as the previous two because in the 3rd movie they added the Pandas in as main characters instead of the Furious Five which made side characters mainly.
