Lumberjanes

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One summer a Troop of Lumberjanes begins encountering supernatural animals on seemingly normal camp excursions. During some of these encounters the girls are presented with a puzzle and some clues. As they are trying to follow the clues they have to try to keep up appearances of a normal troop of campers. Their troop leader does not believe their assertions that they have been seeing the supernatural creatures, or that they have been being attacked either. In one occasion they are canoeing down the river when a crazy river monster come up and tries to attack. Their troop leader somehow is looking away and does not see the monster. Because of the attack the girls are thrown from the canoe into the trees. As they are trying to get back to their camp they find more clues. The troop of girls follow the clues to a secret lair with the help of a boy's scout troop, who they save from a crazy camp leader. At the end the girls return to their camp with even more questions than when they started, but they have some promising clues to follow. To the girl's and their leader's surprise, the camp leader not only believes the girl's account, she knows exactly what they are talking about and she is willing to let them continue on their quest.

After reading this book I would recommend the other books in the Lumberjanes series and Nimona. Nimona is written in a similar style to this book and if you enjoyed one you would enjoy the other. In Nimona the reader follows a spunky girl as she tries to be the sidekick to the villain of the kingdom. As it turns out she and the villain become best friends and she has some special powers of her own.

Right now graphic novels and comic books are all the rage, as are interesting combinations of supernatural being and creatures. Knowing this I have already recommended Lumberjanes to many of my students and they are loving the eye catching drawings and interesting creatures that are in this graphic novel.

Citation

Stevenson, N., & Ellis, G. (2015). Lumberjanes vol 1: Beware the kitten holy. Los Angeles, CA: BOOM! Box.