NewsPrints: A Graphic Novel (NewsPrints #1)
Jan 2017 · Scholastic Inc.
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A gorgeous, provocative debut graphic novel about the power of friendship and finding the courage to be one's true self.Blue is an orphan who disguises herself as a newsboy. There's a war going on, and girls are expected to help the struggling economy by selling cookies. But Blue loves living and working at the Bugle, the only paper in town that tells the truth. And what's printed in the newspapers now matters more than ever.But Blue struggles with her secret, and worries that if her friends and adopted family at the Bugle find out that she's a girl, she'll lose everything and everyone she cares about. And when she meets and befriends Crow, a boy who is also not what he seems, together they seek the freedom to be their true selves... and to save each other.
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Madison Bashore
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April 18, 2025
this book made me so happy and to see that no matter how people are you are going to the best out of people like what blue did with crow even though crow was a robot blue still wanted to be his friend I like how this dipicks people today and how though people are a different than us we still want to be there friend if there rich,poor, black, white, or Hispanic we would there friend so I try to take up after blue and make friends with the weirdest people so I give this book a five star ratting
Jo Piechowiak
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January 31, 2017
Ru Xu's storytelling and at is great. Definitely a pleasure to join the colourful characters on their adventure!
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brian marks
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April 16, 2017
An awesome book, this is a book you want to read over and over again
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About the author
Ru Xu grew up in Indianapolis and received a degree in Sequential Art from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She is the creator of the popular webcomic Saint for Rent, and NewsPrints is her first graphic novel. Her favorite things include historical fiction, fat birds, and coffee-flavored ice cream. Visit Ru online at ruemxu.com and on Twitter at @ruemxu.
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