Ocean's revenge by Gavin Aung Than

Super sidekicks book two. Puffin, 2019. ISBN: 9780143795889.
Unpaged.
(Age: 8+) Highly recommended. Junior Justice, Flygirl, Dinomite and
Goo, return in their second Super Sidekicks adventure. The Prologue
page reacquaints us with these resourceful assistants and Captain
Perfect, one of their former bosses. Fittingly, all nine celebrity
superheroes are sidelined in chapter one - kidnapped one by one, by
an ancient Babylonian sea goddess, Tiamata.
By chapter two, we see the Super Sidekicks step up as a destructive
ocean monster approaches Sydney unchallenged. The Mother of the
Seas, sick of humans using the oceans as a junkyard, has animated
the Trash Titan, but has Tiamata underestimated the Sidekicks'
powers?
Will the Sidekicks be capable of wisdom and compromise, unlike their
obnoxious superhero mentors and the various international leaders?
Does the politicians' reluctance to give and take in order to save
humankind from the Trash Titan menace, draws clear parallels to the
real-world struggles of climate activists against the current world
order?
Taking young readers beyond perceived comic book entertainment, this
black and white graphic novel alludes to our collective assault on
the environment and science, with a timely message. The lovely thing
is that the meek appear to have the answers, not the entitled
demigods of culture or politics.
The endpapers contain a drawing lesson as Than, a talented
cartoonist responsible for the syndicated Zen Pencils creations,
shares his creative process with his fans. Download free posters and
more @ aungthan.com
No
Adults Allowed is the first adventure in the Super
SideKicks series and Book Three, Trial of Heroes is
due in 2020. Collect all Super SideKicks if you're a fan of
classic comic books. Teacher's
notes are available.
Deborah Robins
