NewsPrints Series

Summary: 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.

Thoughts: I fell in love with the first book, just really adored the art and the characters. The second one ran around a lot and was occasionally hard to follow, especially when it brought in a character purely for gender association but really didn't develop them enough to make much impact in the overall story, but still good. All in all a good series, I was a little disappointed the sequel tried to pack so much into the story that, while it managed, it lost some of the beauty that the first created. Still, a great read with a great cast, nice art, and good writing.

Content: Some tough topics in the sequel like gender and equality along with some deep (not graphic but insightful) points on war. So, clean for al ages but children may need help understanding some of the topics discussed here.