Friday, June 18, 2010

Double Blog Dare Tour: Alison Dare Series

For this one will have two summaries + one review:)
Title: Alison Dare: Little Miss Adventures
Author: J. Torres + J. Bone
PAPERBACK
Amount Of Pages:90
Publisher: Tundra Books
Genre: Graphic Novel
Geared Towards: Middle Graders
From: Publisher (Review Copy)

"Just outside the ancient city of Ala-Ed-Din. There was a bored little girl named Alison Dare"

Summary (From Back): She's not your typical 12-year-old. She's the daughter of world renowned archaeologist Dr. Alice Dare and the masked superhero the Blue Scarab, not to mention the niece of international spy and master of disguise Johnny Dare. Action, adventure, and awesomeness are in her blood.

Follow Alison around the world and back, revealing some of the closely guarded secrets of the dynamic Dare family and thrilling to adventure all the while. On the way, you'll meet a genie a mummy, and evil baron, and you'll discover senses shattering answers to some mighty big mysteries.

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Title: Alison Dare: The Heart of the Maiden
Author: J. Torres + J. Bone
PAPERBACK
Amount of Pages: 99
Publisher: Tundra Books
Genre: Graphic Novel
Geared Towards: Middle School
From: Publisher (Review Copy)

"Here we go..."

Summary (From B.O.B): She's not your typical twelve-year-old girl. She's the daughter of world-renowned archaeologist Dr. Alice Dare and the masked superhero The Blue Scarab, not to mention the niece of international spy and master of disguise Johnny Dare. Action, adventure and awesomeness are in her blood. Even Alison's teachers at the prestigious St. Joan of Arc Academy for Girls can't keep her from sneaking out in search of ancient artifacts, lost treasure, and secret societies.

Follow Alison Dare on two amazing adventures that span the globe, and search every inch of her school for answers to some intriguing mysteries.

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Wdebo's Review: I am not the biggest fan of graphic novels, but I find them intriguing so I was interested to read the Alison Dare series, because I wanted to try out a different genre. Though they were not my favorite books ever (and that might be because the age group was a bit below me) I thought they were kinda of interesting and entertaining. The drawings were pretty good, but I am still not that used to it, and I perfer mangas more. I thought, however, that Alison's life seemed WAY too perfect, but I guess that always works for middle grade books. There were however some good action scenes, especially for a middle grade book!

Cafe Cover Chat: Not the best, but it fits the stories (B-)

All in all, a good graphic novel for younger readers + more reluctant readers, there are some good action if you like that. :)

Grade: B-

Wdebo :)

3 comments:

  1. I'm a HUGE fan of graphic novels, so I will definitely be checking this one out.

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  2. Oh really? You can borrow my copies if you want :) I haven't read a lot of graphic just like Watchmen and etc.

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  3. WDEBO your blogs share very nice information. ,The drawings were pretty good, but I am still not that used to it.

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