Monday, January 4, 2021

Middle Grade Monday: Snapdragon by Kat Leyh



Snapdragon by Kat Leyh. 240 p. First: Second/ Macmillan Publishers, February, 2020. 9781250171113. (Review of finished purchased copy.)

Happy Monday! Break is over and the hybrid students & teachers are back in school. I am back on Zoom with hybrid student on their virtual day. I enjoyed/ needed this break. I read a lot, cooked a lot, ate a lot, cleaned out some closets and enjoyed long walks with my dog. 


Middle Grade Monday features Snapdragon by Kat Leyh. If you love magical realism, feisty, curious characters and graphic novels, then Snapdragon is the book for you!

Snapdragon Bloom, Snap for short, lives with her single mom in a trailer park. Her mom recently kicked out her abusive boyfriend, but he left his dog, Good Boy. When Good Boy goes missing, Snap finds him near the home of the town's witch, Jacks. He's missing a leg and Snap believes the witch had something to do with it. Turns out, Good Boy was hit by a car. Jacks rescued him and nursed him back to health. Snap agrees to help Jacks with her admittedly creepy but non-magical work of collecting road kill to reconstruct skeletons to sell online. In exchange Jacks will help snap care for a litter of orphaned opossums. As the two grow close, Snap realize that Jacks and she may have a connection and Jacks does, indeed, have magic.

This graphic novel was such a delight! The art is gorgeous and the characters are so quirky and memorable. A bit of humor, a bit of creepiness, and a bit menace all add up to a unique, refreshing read. Snapdragon is definitely a first-purchase!

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