Author: Gene Ambaum

Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear (based on a true adventure) written by Trang Nguyen, Illustrated by Jeet Zdung. Dial Books For Young Readers, 2020. 120pp. 9780593353639. Chang is a wildlife conservationist who’s trying to teach Sorya, a young […]
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Young Shadow (A Double+ Adventure) by Ben Sears. Fantagraphics, 2021. 126pp. 9781683964124. Young Shadow is a masked hero who patrols the futuristic Bolt City looking for crimes to thwart and the opportunity to help out. After he comes across a […]
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Barb The Last Berzerker Book 1 by Dan & Jason. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2021. 9781534485716. 250pp. Berzerkers fight an endless war with monsters to protect the land of Bailiwick. They have badass names like Thunder and […]
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Stone Fruit by Lee Lai. Fantagraphics, 2021. 9781683964261. 232pp. Ray and her girlfriend Bron care for Rachel’s niece, Nessie, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. They’re wild days full of love and made up songs. But on non-Nessie days things are strained […]
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The Girl From The Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag. Scholastic Graphix, 2021. 9781338540574. 254pp. including some preliminary character designs in the back. After hitting her head and falling into the water, sixteen-year-old Morgan Kwon shares a romantic kiss with her […]
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I Feel Machine. Edited by Krent Able and Julian Hanshaw. SelfMadeHero, 2018. 9781910593554. 128pp. Hanshaw and Able edited and contributed to this anthology of short comics centered on technology. Somehow I wasn’t aware of it, despite the A-list contributors, until […]
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The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London’s Poop Pollution Problem by Colleen Paeff, Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2021. 9781534449299. Includes a detailed timeline of London’s sewage issues from 1500 -2018, an author’s note, suggestions for […]
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Cookie & Broccoli Play It Cool by Bob McMahon. Dial Books for Young Readers, 2021. 9780593109090. 76pp. Cookie, Broccoli, and their friend Garlic want to join the cool crowd. To do that they have to check in with Cucumber to […]
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Monster Friends by Kaeti Vandorn. RH Graphic, 2021. 9781984896827. 272pp. Reggie is a nervous, one-eyed monster fresh from his adventures. House-sitting for his cousin Agnes, he’s plagued by freaky dreams and a bit anxious, especially about contacting his adventuring pal, […]
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