New fiction for bigger kids
After having plunged into the dark heart of middle grade fantasy fiction for the past few months, I'm coming out on the other side, ready to read some new things! I happened to get a hold of some realistic fiction for upper middle grade or YA, bigger than what I've been reading and what a treat. Here are two I read this week. The first one is a graphic novel called "Illegal" by Eion Colfer and Andrew Donkin. I find graphic novels are not usually my first choice. I read really fast and I love creating my own mental images. I find the graphic novels require me to slow down, read the text and interpret the pictures because they are usually a big part of the story. This one was worth slowing down for. It's about a boy named Ebo. It's told in two different parts and it flashes between the two parts of the story. The story begins with Ebo finding that his brother, Kwame, has left the family home (which is pretty short on family-their par...