Newsprints: A Graphic Novel (Newsprints #1) -- Ru Xu, Paperback

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.

Author: Ru Xu
Publisher: Graphix
Published: 01/31/2017
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780545803120
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.6
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 187905 / Newsprints


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/24/2016
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2016 pg. 109
School Library Journal 12/01/2016 pg. 111
Booklist 12/15/2016 pg. 36
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 - Recommended, Satisfactory

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.
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.