Review: Lumberjanes - Mind Over Mettle ( Vol #16) - Various Authors/Illustrators

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Lumberjanes, Vol. 16: Mind Over Mettle (Lumberjanes, Vol. 16)

Review: Mind Over Mettle - #Volume 16 Lumberjanes - Various Authors/Illustrators - December 2020



I don't normally read graphic novels, but there is something about the Lumberjanes that I love. The friendship factor, the adventure, and the fun they get into as well as earning their badges and keeping the impression that it's a normal camp. I also loved that in Volume 16, that they have aged the characters nicely as we see the progressions of characters like Ripley, April, Jo, Mal, and  Molly, and yes - she still has her squirrel hat. This book starts with the girls out on one of their adventures as April wants to find someone fun to wrestle with so she can get her wrestling badge. This has Mal feeling uneasy as she is tired of being the "scared" one in the group and so she asks Ripley to help her become fearless. During one of their lessons though, Mal ends up falling through a portal and now the girls have to save Mal from the portal and bring her back to "this universe". In the portal universe, they will discover a spaceship has crashed and blocking the path for the creatures to go through. I did like that the author chose a spaceship as we got to see Jo's sciencey side at work as she is our science freak of the group. We also saw the development of Mal and Molly with a kiss or two through the story and Ripley was just her usual excited self - she's my favorite character. If you love fantasy, adventure, and friendship mixed with Girl Scouts - then check out the Lumberjanes graphic novels which are suitable for tweens aged 10+.

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