Nnewts: Escape from the Lizzarks (Series #1) (Hardcover)

from ElizaJane

Doug TenNapel is one of my favourite graphic novelists. I don't think I could not like anything he did :-) This is a cute fantasy for kids, not his very best work however still good for middle schoolers and elementary. Though the death of the main character's family may be too much for sensitive ...

from Cherylk

This is a fun, quick, entertaining book. I love the graphics and the story. Herk is the perfect hero. I was cheering for him the whole time. The author did a good job of not getting too wordy with the story. What I mean by this is that he did not use a lot of big words or too much description, wh...

from Dreesie

My 7th grader really enjoys TenNapel's books, and he wants me to read them all too. Fortunately for me, they don't take too long. The artwork in this book is good, as usual. And, as usual, I struggle to follow the story, because everything happens so quickly and the story seems to jump along. I a...

from 4hounds

This didn't grab me like TenNapel's other books. Part of that might be that I don't the the way the Nnewts look...they're silly-looking and gross-looking at the same time. And they don't all look like they're the same species (maybe they're not) - Pikk and Urch and Herk could be completely differ...

from AliceaP

Nnewts: Escape from the Lizzarks by Doug TenNapel is another summer reading selection for middle grade readers. This is the first in a series of graphic novels which follow the adventures of Herc, a Nnewt, who is on both a literal and figurative journey of self-discovery. From the beginning, the ...