by Katie O'Neill
Hennepin County paperback
genre: YA graphic novel
Superficial story with an odd mix of really young (geared to early elementary?) and mature. Fairy tale with Amira (captain / warrior princess) and Sadie (girly princess, relegated to a tower a la Rapunzel by her evil sister, who calls Sadie a "fat silly crybaby."
I think the author is trying to do too much without going deep - body identity, fat shaming, parental manipulation, feminism, LGBTQ, gender roles (Prince ??? I forgot the derogatory nickname for him, doesn't like his lot in life either) . . . The artwork is lovely, but this one just didn't do much for me.
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