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Lola's Super Club #1: My Dad is a Super Secret Agent (1) Hardcover – December 8, 2020

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Lola is a girl like any other, except for one tiny detail: her father, Robert Darkhair, is James Blond, a top-secret agent so secretive, that not even he knows what he does, or at least that is what Blond wants us to believe. When the villains of Friendly Falls kidnap Lola’s parents, she becomes Super-Lola. Accompanied by her toy dinosaur Super-James (in undies) who can grow to the size of an actual dinosaur (thus stretching the undies), their cat Hot Dog, a pencil, an eraser, and an infallible duckie pool toy, she is off to the rescue. Ah, imagination. It is our most powerful weapon.
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Gr 2–4—Lola's active imagination lands her in one madcap adventure after another. In both stories, Lola rescues her parents from the mustache-twirling villain Max Imum and his minions across many settings. Aiding her are a number of toys brought to life, including a size-changing dinosaur in underpants, a skeleton couple, and a shape-shifting sentient scribble, plus a cat, a shark, and an alligator, all of whom provide running commentary and silly reactions. Lola either invents solutions to obstacles or fights her way out with ballerina moves. The narrative is propelled by child logic that has Lola's troupe floating through treacherous waters on an inflatable ducky one moment, then free-falling through the sky the next, only to land on a cloud. Three-tiered layouts and skinny linework fill the page with plenty of details to be absorbed if readers aren't matching Lola's breakneck pace. There are a few gags involving underwear and a time travel story that zips through eras and locations with little explanation. Lola admires Christopher Columbus, but spear-wielding, arrow-firing Indigenous characters aren't given any dialogue. The protagonist and her parents all appear to be white. VERDICT Children who recruit anyone and anything nearby to set the stage for their imaginative play will have no trouble keeping up with Lola.—Thomas Maluck, Richland Lib., SC

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"Lola dons a cape and mask (the former cut from her bedroom curtains), and hares off on a series of joyfully chaotic adventures.....There’s pleasurably messy, madcap humor." ― Kirkus Reviews

"Children who recruit anyone and anything nearby to set the stage for their imaginative play will have no trouble keeping up with Lola." ―
School Library Journal

"Throughout Beigel’s plot-driven story, Lola remains a charming and earnest protagonist, one whom readers can root for." ―
Publishers Weekly

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Papercutz (December 8, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1545805636
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1545805633
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 7 - 12 years
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 2 - 3
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 0.4 x 9 inches
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  • Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2021
    Lola’s father is a secret agent. He hides it well at home, when he’s washing the dishes or doing the vacuuming, or cooking dinner. But Lola knows the truth. She’s really proud of the fact that he’s a secret agent. And she wants to protect him. So when she’s supposed to be in bed sleeping, she gets up, makes herself a cape out of the curtains, and heads out with her friends to keep her dad safe.

    But instead of taking a lap around the neighborhood and finding everything as it should be, she sees her parents tied up and taken away by bad guy Max Imum and his two evil dogs. Lola and her super friends follow them, and find themselves in danger they never dreamed of.

    But there is no need for concern. Lola is smart and can dance. Her cat, Hot Dog, can make jokes and get out of the way. But her toy dinosaur James has a super secret power where he can expand, growing to a genuinely intimidating size, causing his shorts to turn into a thong. But he is sufficiently scary to hold off Max and his minions.

    When Max tries to run, Lola and her Supers have no choice but to follow, finding allies along the way and adding sharks, skeletons, an alligator, and others to her roaming pack of superheroes. And that’s just the first of the 2 adventures in Lola’s Super Club #1. (The second adventure involves time-bending glances at history with the same sort of laugh-out-loud moments as the first adventure).

    Wildly imaginative, this graphic novel for kids (although there is plenty of humor for adults as well) is a crazy adventure through the playful musings of writer Christine Beigel and illustrator Pierre Foiullet. It’s like a super clever cartoon captured on the page, with all the giggles, groans, and frenetic energy captured in words and art.

    When I first heard about Lola’s Super Club, I thought it would be cute and maybe cleverly funny. I didn’t expect the lovely surprises that made me laugh out loud throughout these graphic tales or for how much I truly came to love these characters. Lola is an absolute delight, but there is no one who can hold a candle to Super-James when he decides it’s time to save the day!

    Egalleys for Lola’s Super Club #1 were provided by Papercutz, with many thanks.
  • Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2020
    This looks, at first, like a low tech CGI knock-off of a cartoon show. Well, excuuuuuse me for being a snot. This is more appealing, better written, better drawn, and more witty than that. It's certainly high energy, in terms of being completely over the top and pretty manic, but it's also sly, smart, and wacky in an upbeat and engaging fashion. There are puns, sly asides, funny throwaway bits, and some deadpan humor. And no farts or cheap laughs. The book consists of two full adventures. In the second one we get a time traveling history lesson, so I'd even argue the book counts as educational. This was a bright, cheery, happy find.

    (Please note that I received a free advance will-self-destruct-in-x-days Adobe Digital copy of this book without a review requirement, or any influence regarding review content should I choose to post a review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)

    (Please note that I received a free ecopy of this book without a review requirement, or any influence regarding review content should I choose to post a review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)
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