Zita the spacegirl

Ben Hatke

Book - 2011

When young Zita discovers a device that opens a portal to another place, and her best friend is abducted, she is compelled to set out on a strange journey from star to star in order to get back home.

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Subjects
Genres
Graphic novels
Published
New York : First Second 2011.
Language
English
Main Author
Ben Hatke (author)
Edition
1st edition
Physical Description
182 pages : chiefly color illustratons ; 22 cm
ISBN
9781596436954
9781596434462
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Review by Booklist Review

For no reason at all, a little red button crashes to earth while Zita and her pal Joseph are out cavorting around. Of course, no one could resist pushing a mystery button, which pops open an interdimensional portal that whisks Joseph away. Zita follows and lands on a delightfully bizarre alien planet, where she sees Joseph being captured by a tentacled, scuba-headed creature. She makes some allies, takes off after him, and zany mishaps and dashing adventures ensue. Any story in which one can escape prison with a tube of doorpaste (just like toothpaste, except that it makes magic doors appear when smeared on a wall) obviously puts more stock in wowing imaginations than satisfying logic, and it needs solid cartooning chops to back it up. Fortunately, Hatke's got them, and he doles out an increasingly loony and charming array of aliens, robots, and unclassifiable blobs and hairy things for Zita (herself a cross between Ramona Quimby and a Matt Phelan waif) to encounter. It's fun, plenty funny, and more than a little random. Kids will love it.--Chipman, Ian Copyright 2010 Booklist

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Review by School Library Journal Review

Gr 3-5-On a rescue mission to a distant planet, an intrepid young human explorer encounters a startling variety of alien allies and foes in this exciting, breathlessly paced, brilliantly illustrated graphic novel for middle grade science-fiction fans. (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Review by Horn Book Review

Zita pushes a big, red button on a strange device; a porthole immediately opens, and an alien's springy tentacles suck her friend Joseph through to another world. Zita follows after Joseph and soon meets--and befriends--a hodgepodge of extraterrestrials. Hatke mixes loads of humor into his sci-fi graphic novel. His illustrations, in muted shades, capture the fast-paced action and comical antics. (c) Copyright 2011. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Review by Kirkus Book Review

(Graphic science fiction. 9-12)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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