Space Dumplins: A Graphic Novel, (Paperback)

from bookbrig

Silly and cute with great art, this is a SUPER easy sell to middle school kids: Galactic whale poop is ruining everything, kid teams up with talking chicken and alien critter to fight it.

from LibrarianRyan

This was a quirky little big graphic novel. I would say it's written for about 5th grade but with all the potty humor loved by those younger. It's about a girl in space who just wants to make sure her father is safe, she has friends, and that she won't get eaten by a space whale. There are all so...

from ewyatt

Violet's life is turned upside down when her school is destroyed and her family is separated because of her parent's jobs. When Violet's dad goes missing and her mom gets stuck at work, she and two friends decide they are going to take a dangerous journey to save her father. There are whales who ...

from BillieBook

As always, Craig Thompson's art is devastatingly beautiful and his characters are amazing. There are tons of jokes that will only be caught by the careful reader, and some that will only be understood by adults and/or Portlanders (and I'm sure I missed several). There is rollicking space adventur...

from AliceaP

Space Dumplins by Craig Thompson utilized all of the keywords that normally make me sit up and take notice: space adventure, hi-jinks, talking chickens... I absolutely loved the super colorful illustrations but as far as the story...it didn't completely blow me out of the water. Our main characte...