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Kira and the (Maybe) Space Princess: (A Graphic Novel)

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Fashionable fights, flashy attacks, and friends that are out of this world! This wacky and funny graphic novel series is a love letter to manga fans. With a tongue in cheek humor and delightfully fun action scenes, this series is perfect for fans of Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura, and Katie the Catsitter.

There's nothing cooler than Magical Girls - pretty superheroes fighting villains with the power of friendship and glitter? What could be better than that! This year in middle school, Kira is going to be cool and popular and have SO many friends because she’s going to be a MAGICAL GIRL! ...Or not.

Frustrated beyond belief, Kira makes a wish on a shooting star that her life will change – and when Catacorn, a cat-unicorn-space-princess, crashes into Kira's backyard, it seems her wish has come true…kinda…maybe… Oh no. Is Kira's dream of being a Magical Girl really possible...or is Catacorn not really what she promises to be?

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ISBN-13:	9780593177549
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	03/05/2024
Series:	Magic Girls , #1
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.87(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.79(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Megan Brennan is an indie comics sweetheart who has been publishing zines for years. She has also worked on the production side of comics on books like DRAMA, AMULET, and THE ADVENTURE ZONE: HERE BE GERBLINS. This is her debut graphic novel.

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12/11/2023
With plenty of sparkle and cheeky wit, Brennan’s fanciful series-opening graphic novel, a debut, earnestly captures middle schoolers’ simultaneous desires to fit in and stand out through the power of friendship and actual magic. On Neo-Earth, where anthropomorphized animals, mythical creatures, and humans portrayed with various skin tones cohabitate, incoming seventh grader Kira longs to be a magical girl like her rival, Tulip. As a beloved public figure, Tulip sports glittering costumes, has an animal familiar, and participates in battle competitions as the glamorous Fairytale Fighter. When Catacorn—a self-professed space princess with feline features, hooves, and a unicorn horn—crash-lands in Kira’s backyard, she equips Kira with a Cutie Mobile Phone and Magic Wand, explaining that she must activate sparkle energy to close enemy warp zones. Assuming that Catacorn is her familiar, Kira believes that they will be magical heroes together, but the illusion fades as Catacorn’s self-serving bossiness hints at ulterior motives and future galactic adventures. Brennan’s plentiful and varied emanata hilariously indicates characters’ many frustrations and enthusiasms while self-reflexively paying homage to the magical girl genre. Abundant back matter concludes. Ages 8–12. Agent: Linda Camacho, Gallt & Zacker Literary. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

2023-12-16
It’s a new school year at Neo-Earth Junior High, and seventh grader Kira is determined to start afresh.
This year, she’s sure to be cool and popular! But when Tulip, whom Kira has long seen as her rival, steals the spotlight on the first day, Kira can’t help feeling like an absolute nobody yet again. While wishing upon a star, her life abruptly changes when Catacorn, a half-cat/half unicorn space princess, crash-lands in her garbage can. Could this really be Kira’s chance to become a magical girl like Tulip and have a higher purpose? Brimming with sparkly, chaotic energy, this fast-paced, laugh-out-loud adventure is a love letter to anime and manga like Sailor Moon. Readers will delight in the charming illustrations, rendered in a pastel color palette, that pay homage to the aesthetics of the genre in a fresh way. The story is complete with the familiar beats of magical transformations, cheesy catchphrases, a charismatic villain, and a mysterious boy from out of town. Over-the-top facial expressions perfectly capture the excitable highs and emotional lows of preteen friendships. Tweens will relate to Kira’s desire for reinvention and self-discovery and her awkward and goofy attempts to stand out. Although the story has an abundance of unresolved mysteries, it sets the stage for a fun second installment. Kira has glossy black hair and light tan skin; Tulip has brown skin and curly pink hair.
A rollicking adventure. (author’s note, additional comics, character sketches) (Graphic fantasy. 8-13)

Kirkus Reviews

"With plenty of sparkle and cheeky wit, Brennan’s fanciful series-opening graphic novel, a debut, earnestly captures middle schoolers’ simultaneous desires to fit in and stand out through the power of friendship and actual magic." —Publishers Weekly

"A rollicking adventure." —Kirkus Reviews

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02/01/2024
Gr 3–7—Entering the seventh grade at Neo-Earth Junior High is a new chance at a first impression for Kira. Over the summer, her self-proclaimed rival Tulip became a Magical Girl, complete with a familiar, and was able to participate in the Sealander champions in battle competitions. It quickly becomes clear that most of the school is focused on their new hometown hero, Fairytale Fighter, and this year is not the fresh start that lonely Kira had planned. At home, a shooting star illuminates a frustrated Kira's window, so she makes a wish and a subsequent crash leads to her meeting Catacorn—a space princess who has come to Neo-Earth on a secret mission. Kira is soon pulled into helping Catacorn use Cutie gadgets, close warp zones, and develop the duo's abilities. At first, Kira is self-absorbed and really only helps Catacorn because she thinks it'll get her recognition as a Magical Girl. By the end, Kira begins to understand that there's more to friendship and to being a Magical Girl than simply getting what she wants. Brennan's artwork is playfully colorful with a loose feel that matches the silly nature of the story. Often, the tale is a bit over-the-top, and young readers probably will not recognize the satire behind some of the humor, but the struggle of finding your place and making true friends will resonate. End notes indicate a sequel is already in the works. VERDICT Recommended where graphic novels are popular.—Lisa Rowland

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