After creating an inadvertent rift in space, Joseph is pulled through the hole by a set of furry tentacles. Should you happen to find one in a field and should it happen to contain a device with a big red button, do NOT press that button! It would have been useful for Zita to take that advice when she found the meteoroid and device with her friend Joseph. Here are some basic rules governing meteoroids. Good thing too, since your kids will undoubtedly be clamoring for more of her adventures when they get their sticky paws on this first. That said, what author/artist Ben Hatke does well is dip into a wellspring of familiar ideas to bring us a new world that truly is its own beast. The storyline is familiar, the characters give you a sense of déjà vu, and the art feels very Matt Phelan/Raina Telgemeier-esque. Now there is nothing seemingly original about some of the aspects of Zita the Spacegirl. Fortunately, if you look in the right places you’re bound to find something new and interesting. For every The Secret Science Alliance there are twenty cheapo faux mangas ready to clutter up my library’s shelves. In fact, far fewer really worthwhile comics for kids come out than you might expect. The market simply doesn’t exist to satiate their perpetual GN hunger. Whatever the title, they devour these books in less than an hour and come hounding me for more. I can hand them Robot Dreams or Ghostopolis or Rapunzel’s Revenge, it doesn’t matter. Like a number of American children in the 21st century, these kids have an overwhelming palate for good graphic novels. I run a bookgroup for kids between the ages of 9-13. Zita the Spacegirl – Book One: Far From Homeįirst Second (an imprint of Roaring Brook / Macmillan)
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