March

In a nation segregated by race, we must stand together to make a change. ‘March Book One’ By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell is a graphic novels that tells a true story about the journey John Lewis made to help end Segregation in America. John lewis is a congressman who was a key member of the civil rights movement.

March is about the civil rights movement told through the eyes of John Lewis. After following the word of Martin Luther King Jr. and Jim Lawson, He decides he has to do more to bring equality to african Americans. Fighting against the law and other racist American, John lewis does whatever it takes to desegregate America. Following his role models Lewis decides non-violent is the only way to protest.

I really enjoyed reading March. March is a quick read with a great history lesson and a great message. If you are a fan of graphic novels this is a must read. This is an amazing book if you’re looking for a quick read or looking to broaden your mind about the civil rights movement.  

Book Review by Angel P-S.

Kick-Ass

Kick-ass by Mark Millar

Currently I’m reading book 2 of this part of the series.

The only difference between his books is the first one I read is about a female mother wearing the same costume and mask as this kid that reading now. Another difference is that the female uses her hands to fight and the kid use his green sticks as a weapon.

Starting from the 1st book Dave is a somewhat normal kid he’s kinda weird but whatever. He wanted to become a superhero because he wants to be able to stand up for himself and hates crime. His 1st attempt at stopping a couple street vandals caused him to get his guts sliced. He makes a full recovery and for a while he didn’t wanna be kick ass no more because he didn’t believe in himself. Until one day he decided to put it on and a man is getting jumped and Dave has option to leave but he got into the fight. He was getting hurt and then started smacking em with green stick and next thing you know they one the ground and saved the dude getting brutally beaten. Since then he hasn’t stopped. Kick Ass wasn’t the only superhero in town many of them are fake and one went by the name red mist his dad is a mob boss so the kid is pretty rich and he partners up with kick ass just to only set him up. On the side there was a another type of hero I guess you could say big daddy and hit girl father and daughter. They are killing machines but they only kill bad people or just anyone that thinks they can mess with em. Anyways they needed kickass to join them to help take down the mob boss at first refuses but big daddy doesn’t give him much of a choice. When they got to the warehouse it all went fast first big daddy got shot up, and kick ass is strapped to an electric chair after when red mist held him at gunpoint. Eventually hit girl got loose and killed everyone insight got kickass and they fought everybody and won that fight.

I like this book because I love graphic novels, it’s almost like a watching a tv show when I read fast. But I’m totally loving the story line on this series, every chapter there’s a different plot twist and makes me wanna read more. I think this book was targeted for teens or kids who like action and adventure comic strips.

You should read this book if love action and fighting.

 Book Review by Matt M.

Sword Art Online 5: Phantom Bullet

The book is called Sword Art Online 5: Phantom Bullet by Reki Kawahara. Reki Kawahara has created many other books and series such as Accel World and The Isolator. Compared to other novels, this one is the 5th volume of the Sword Art Online franchise. Kirigaya Kazuto (a.k.a “Kirito”) the champion of the unbeatable game SAO(Sword Art Online) and who came back from ALO(Alfheim Online) who is relaxing and having a good life with his girlfriend Asuna Yuuki now has to go once again into the Virtual Reality game known as GGO(Gun Gale Online) to solve the mystery and rumor of a murderer in the game in this romance science fiction novel.

Kirigaya Kazuto who is also known as his in game character name “Kirito” has faced against death and god and won twice, but can he do it a third time? In the new VR game known as GGO(Gun Gale Online) there has been rumors about a player who goes around with a “death gun” and whoever he shoots dies not only in-game but in real life. Will he be up for the challenge to solve the case? Kirito, the champion of the SAO outbreak that happened years ago has now come back to investigate a case of murders inside GGO with the help of Kikuoka Seijirou, who works for the Ministry of Internal Affair’s Telecommunications Bureau, which he was the one who suggested and asked Kirito to investigate in the first place. Asuna Yuuki, Kirito’s girlfriend and named “The Flash” for her outstanding rapier skills during the SAO outbreak. She and Kirito were married in the game and were the best team anyone has ever seen or known after beating SAO her Nerve Gear transferred into ALO and she was kept captive in a cage with no one to rescue that is until Kirito hears about it and saves her by also defying god in the game. He then meets Asada Sinon, an expert sniper and a kind girl, she’s one of the top few players on GGO. She has a phobia of guns for the reason when she was a kid she shot a robber to death with his own gun, she plays GGO to relieve herself. Death gun, the man who could kill anyone in real life by shooting his gun at their in-game body, was one of the survivors of the SAO outbreak. During SAO he was in a guild called the Laughing Coffin which was a player killing guild.

I really recommend this book to anyone who likes good drama and mystery. Anyone of young age or older age, it’ll really give your mind no chance to stop with all the thoughts going through your head when you read this. The character development is great and each character has a unique backstory and a fear to conquer. I would recommend saving this for later only to read the volumes in order in able to get the full understanding of each character due to their past which will tell more and will definitely make you wanting more.

Book Review by Edison V.

Black Clover

Black Clover

In a world where magic is everything in a person's life a young boy named Asta who was born powerless works his way to the top to become the Magic Emperor.

With his newly found 5-leafed grimoire, he gain the power of anti-magic and with that he’s on his way to becoming the Magic Emperor.

Book Review by Abe K.

Nartuo: Volumbe 7

A book I would like to recommend is naruto volume 7 by masashi kishimoto and I recommend this book because it’s really interesting but I would recommend reading the other volumes before this one so you get it and get what’s happening. But I really liked this book because of the action and the comedy in this book. A quick summary of what happens in this book is that sasuke and naruto have been knocked out by a man named orochimaru and so the only one that wasn’t knocked out was Sakura but she is hurt from battling orochimaru so she must protect both of them because orochimaru sent his minions to kidnap sasuke.

Book Review by Isae V. R.

Marvels

My book is called Marvels it is by Kurt Busiek and the book is about a photographer named Phil Sheldon and the he is a photographer from NYC and  he takes pictures of marvels superheroes and villains but but one day in a battle he was to close so when they fireball guy and the water surfer started fight a piece of building broke off and hit fill in the eye which caused him to lose an Eye. So after that Phil had woke up in the hospital and kissed his wife and said”I will get vengeance” he started to start rumors about the marvels to make it seem the were the bad guys like when they fight the leave the humans to clean up their mess and started to take bad photos of then all of then one day all of the superheroes disappeared one day and everyone was shocked then then one day it was new villains called the Mutants was holding a lot of people hostage in a train subway which also phill was at then everyone heard a huge sound then they looked at the wall and when the wall broke all the superheroes can to save them the the mutants ran away saying “this isn’t the last you’ll see of us” then one day phill’s wife called him home and sad “phill I need you to come home immediately” when he came home his daughters said to you “Daddy don’t hurt her” he said”hurt who?” Then phill seen a alien type girl but she was a girl she was a mutant

Book Review by Tyler M.

Attack on Titan: Volume 12

Attack on Titan Vol. 12

This well known manga series and anime has been dubbed one of the greatest works of anime and manga. The author of the series Hajime Isayama keeping readers coming back.

Previously Eren, Armin, and Mikasa along with the rest of the Survey Corps discovers that Bertlot and Reiner are the Armored and Colossal titans. After battling with the armored Titan and losing Eren and Yimir are captured and taken to the forest of giant trees. Now Erwin the leader of the Survey Corps devise a plan to rescue Eren and Ymir. Their plan is quite simple there are 3 groups one to ride straight at them as a distraction than two groups one on each side to ride use their 3D Maneuvering Gear to go up into the trees and get Eren and Ymir and to kill Reiner and Bertlot if it comes to that. Meanwhile on the border of the Forest of Giant Trees Bertlot and Reiner look out on the land looking for Survey corps and talk about their plan of what to do once they get Eren and Ymir to the secret village. Just out of earshot behind them Eren and Ymir talk about their own escape plans. Their plan is as soon as they move out both Eren would turn in to his Titan form and run also carrying Ymir then when he exhausted his power they would trade Ymir running in her Titan form and carrying Eren. But just as Bertlot turns back to check on Eren and Yimir Reiner sees the frontal team charging at them. To keep them occupied Reiner turns into the armored Titan and Bertlot grabs Eren and Ymir and hops onto The armored Titan. The teams that were going to run in from the side missed their chances so they grouped up and charged at them from behind. The armored Titan just kept running and Mikasa being Ming the front chargers saw Eren on top of the Titan and jumped off of her horse and grappled onto the Titan to go get Eren the armored Titan saw her coming and hit her out of the air. Seeing this Eren immediately broke through his bonds and jumped off of the Titan to go get Mikasa Bertlot and Reiner didn't care at this point they needed to escape but they kept Ymir with them. But after seeing Mikasa was okay Eren would not let Bertlot and Reiner escape for betraying them and breaking the walls. So Eren tried turning into a Titan but for some reason it didn't work but instead a bunch of random titans came out of nowhere and started attack the armored Titan and that is where this volume ended.

For me this book is one of the best in the series it had plenty of action good story and overall flowed very well I definitely recommend it but make sure you read the other 11 volumes first but they are worth it because of the great story and amazing characters that you get attached to. I give this book a 9.5/10. It's not 10/10 because the cliffhanger.

Book Review by Jared N.

Naruto: Ten Tails

The book I read was Naruto vol. 64 and I hate it, Unlike Dragon Ball Z,  this story was long and dragged out and I didn't want to keep you reading this comic. The book was written by  Masashi Kishimoto a japanese manga artist that's done all the Naruto books. Like  the DBZ books, the Naruto series is published under Shonen Jump a japanese publishing company.  

In vol 64 Naruto is learning to use the evil 9 tails power for good for the safety of the Leaf village and the entire ninja world. Almost all the Naruto books are like this it's repetitive especially the part about bring back Sasuke, something that's happened since the beginning of the series which at this point is annoying and repetitive. We never see a real change unlike the show which does a better job in keeping the story interesting.

My honest opinion is that the show is so much better, this book felt long, and drag out. The book feels a too big a waste of time to be left on a cliff hanger. I only recommend this book to people that have the time and energy to go and get all the books and read them. Vol. 64 is about Naruto learning to control the nine tails so he can be used to fight against Madara in the 2nd  ‘Great ninja war’ but the okages (leader) argu if they should let him, and that's the whole book, dragged out to a 188 pages, when the show would be sections of like 2 episodes. 

Book Review by Lizander S.P.