 | Lu And Ren's Guide To Geozoology: A Graphic Novel Author: Hsieh, Angela | |
| Price: $13.11 | ||
Summary:
About a girl who finds friendship and gains a greater understanding of her grandmother as she journeys across the fantastical land of Lirrin. In graphic novel format.
Reviews:
School Library Journal (00/04/25)
Booklist (+) (12/01/25)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 05/01/2025 *Starred Review* Migrating guinea pig mountains, island-size axolotls, and floating bands of cloudlike jellyfish are just a few of the delightfully imaginative geozoological phenomena in Hsieh’s clever debut graphic novel. Lu’s ah-ma, a notorious explorer and geozoologist, has been in the field for years—long enough that Lu is starting to worry. When Lu learns about some sick ambystufas (stone salamanders) a few towns over, she grabs her grandmother’s journal and maps, recruits her friend Ren to join her, and decides to see if she can solve the problem herself. As Lu and Ren try to figure out what’s making the ambystufas sick, they learn more about Ah-ma than what they could gather from her journals and follow clues through the countryside to find the source of a wide-ranging ecological crisis. Hsieh’s soft, lineless art style is an ideal vehicle for the inventive creatures that blend smoothly into the rolling landscapes. As Lu and Ren travel the countryside and butt heads over their priorities, they gradually learn to appreciate each other’s needs and expectations. Throughout it all is a realistic lesson about how one careless action can lead to cascading environmental disaster. A closing field guide with more information about geozoological phenomena will thrill animal lovers. This smart, grounded, and gentle fantasy is a quiet standout. - Copyright 2025 Booklist.
