Okay, I got REALLY behind on these. These came out back in August and I read the four graphic novels, but not the two chapter books.
So I don't remember much about them, but I'll try to recall what I can.
This one is set in 2011 during an earthquake. I remember liking it, but that's about it.
Blah, it's the Salem witch trials. I hardly ever like this topic. I don't remember liking it here.
And the Titanic. Not a topic I dislike but definitely on the overdone side.
I should have taken a few minutes to reread these before typing this. Alas.
I liked it.
Okay, now on to the chapter books that I just read a few days ago.
I enjoyed this book, but Chernobyl is such a big topic and shrinking it down to fit in such a small book didn't work very well. I liked it a lot, but was definitely left thinking it could have been four times as long.
The same applies to this one. Tiananmen Square is another topic that's just plain too big for such a short book.
I would definitely have read longer versions of all three of these topics, including the Hindenburg.
These are the two brand new releases for this series, having just come out on the first.
I had never heard of the Sandy Lake removal until this book. I'm very glad it was written by an Ojibwe author! I liked it as much as one can enjoy such a sad and depressing story. The characters were good, though I wished the sisters were developed a bit more.
This one I really enjoyed. I give this series a lot of credit for touching on topics I've never read in any other series before. Even if I'm left wanting longer versions of the stories, at least they're being told in some way.
Penny and her older brother are passengers on the Lusitania, which was bombed by the Germans during WWI. So this has some similarities to Titanic stories but also is totally different. Like they weren't underfilling the lifeboats. They couldn't actually reach them to get into them because of the angle of the ship's sinking. Penny is one of the most likeable characters in this entire series, as is her new friend Mary.
Always pleased for more Girls Survive!
