Star Scouts: The League of Lasers

by Mike Lawrence

Overview

Avani has found the one place in the universe where she fits in: Star Scouts. The League of Lasers is the second volume of this action-packed graphic novel series by Mike Lawrence.

During a troop meeting, a robot messenger delivers Avani some exciting news: she has been invited to join a secret society of elite scouts known as the League of Lasers. She is eager to join their ranks, but first she has to survive her initiation challenge.

Stranded on an uncharted planet, Avani must contend with the methane atmosphere, hostile frog-like inhabitants, and her dwindling supplies of food and water. But even worse: her arch nemesis, Pam, is stranded there, too.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626722811
Publisher:	First Second
Publication date:	03/20/2018
Series:	Star Scouts , #2
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Mike Lawrence is the award-winning illustrator of Muddy Max: The Mystery of Marsh Creek (with Elizabeth Rusch) and the novel The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl (by Melissa Keil). The Star Scouts series (published by First Second) is his debut as a solo graphic novelist. In addition to making comics, Mike has created several pieces of public art for his hometown of Portland, Oregon, where he lives with his wife and two sons.

Editorial Reviews

"Lawrence's spreads are bright and dynamic, and most of the book's panels are drawn at eye level, allowing readers to strongly identify with the gumptious dark-skinned protagonist... An entertaining romp for graphic-novel, science-fiction, and adventure-story readers alike." --Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2018-02-04
Intrepid Star Scout Avani Patel is back!In the first installment of this humorous graphic-novel series, protagonist Avani Patel, a sassy Indian-American preteen, joined a ragtag group of intergalactic scouts. In this second installment, as snappy and funny as its predecessor, Avani is recruited into an elite secret society of scouts—the titular League of Lasers—and promptly dispatched to a faraway planet as part of her initiation. She is told that she needs "to survive on a wild world for a week with nothing but your official League of Lasers multi-tool," a smartphone-shaped device that deploys a double-headed battle axe among other handy tricks. When her single-parent father learns that his daughter has sailed to the "other side of the galaxy," he follows in search of her with Avani's scout friends. By the end of her quest, Avani has slain monsters, including a fantastic, huge, long-snouted beast, and been reunited with her father after a harrowing near-death experience in deep space. Lawrence's spreads are bright and dynamic, and most of the book's panels are drawn at eye level, allowing readers to strongly identify with the gumptious dark-skinned protagonist. His nonhuman characters are wildly inventive and deeply appealing.An entertaining romp for graphic-novel, science-fiction, and adventure-story readers alike. (Graphic science fiction. 7-12)

Kirkus Reviews