Showing posts with label teen fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label teen fiction. Show all posts

Thursday, February 21, 2019

My Hero Academia Volume 15 - Fighting Fate / Kohei Horikoshi (Japanese author) / 192 pages / Color in the title


Besides Midoriya getting third-year student Togata as his new mentor, three other 1A students are chosen by the other two third-years: Uraraka and Tsuyu Asui by Nejire Hado, and Eijiro Kirishima by Tamaki Amajiki.  Both groups experience fighting villains or dangerous criminals.  In the latter group, Kirishima, who was treated as useless since Vol. 5, proves himself to be extremely powerful even for a hero, let alone a new sidekick.

When Midoriya and Togata go out in the city on patrol, on the other hand, they run into a child sprinting out of an alley; Overhaul appears out of the alley behind her and claims that he is her father.  Seeing the terror in her face and the bandages covering her arms, Midoriya refuses to give the girl to him, and Togata insists Midoriya not to act so suspicious around Overhaul.  In the end, Overhaul persuades the frightened girl to come with him.

And in case that wasn't bad enough, Midoriya gets news that All Might will die between now and a year due to a mix of severe injuries and using up all his power.

Later on, the professional heroes and seven teens meet together to discuss the girl Midoriya and Togata failed to save earlier, telling them about the evidence they found that could lead to her location and thus save her.

Super Awesome, as always.

Friday, August 26, 2016

Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer / Rick Riordan / 497 p.

Having read the Percy Jackson series (and loving it!) I was happy to see this new series from Riordan: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard.  This one features Magnus Chase (cousin to Annabeth Chase in the Percy Jackson series) and Norse mythology.  Magnus has been homeless for two years at the start of the book.  While pointing out how the homeless are often treated (or ignored), he makes it clear that he doesn't feel sorry for himself and no one else should either.  He's sarcastic and irreverent and the kind of person I'd love to hang out with.  As always in Riordan's books, this 16-year-old is a bit surprised to find out he is descended from a God.  Readers of YA Fantasy will love this book.