{"id":2756,"date":"2020-01-31T16:26:36","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T16:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chcslibraryhouse.wordpress.com\/?p=2756"},"modified":"2020-01-31T16:26:36","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T16:26:36","slug":"snapdragon-by-kat-leyh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queloque.chcs89.org\/index.php\/2020\/01\/31\/snapdragon-by-kat-leyh\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapdragon by Kat Leyh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queloque.chcs89.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/snapdragon.jpg?resize=275%2C400\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queloque.chcs89.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/snapdragon.jpg?w=275&amp;ssl=1 275w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queloque.chcs89.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/snapdragon.jpg?resize=206%2C300&amp;ssl=1 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Snapdragon<\/em> doesn&#8217;t have a lot of friends but who would&#8217;ve thought she would befriend the town outcast, Jack.  Everyone says Jack&#8217;s a witch, but in reality she&#8217;s just an old lady who wear crocks and sells roadkill skeletons on Etsy.  They meet when Snap&#8217;s dog, Good Boy, gets hit by a car and Jack nurses him back to health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One day, Snap stumbles upon a group of kids at her school playing around with a dead possum, poking it with a stick. Snap gets furious and shoos them away. Of course, they make fun of her because that&#8217;s what every bully does, but Snap doesn&#8217;t care. She&#8217;s just worried because she notices what no one else saw&#8230;a litter of baby possums, now motherless. Her classmate Louis breaks away from the cool crowd to find out if Snap is okay, and despite their differences they establish a friendship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In asking Jack for help with the baby possums, Snapdragon unwittingly begins uncovering family secrets including the truth behind her family&#8217;s curse, experiences the joys of late night horror movies with your BFF, and confirms her suspicions that magic and witchcraft are real, after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book is very different from other graphic novels that I have read. It shows the point of views of a diverse cast of characters including a range of races and characters in the LGBTQ+ community.  This is a story of acceptance, learning your strengths, and knowing your self-worth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In most of the book the full-color illustrations are very bright and vibrant, but when the characters have flashbacks it turns shadow-like, with the use of one or two colors to accentuates certain features. During dramatic moments the author makes panels slanted and zooms in for close ups. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Snapdragon<\/em> is for readers who enjoy uncovering family legends, coming out stories, friendships, and a little touch of magic. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snapdragon doesn&#8217;t have a lot of friends but who would&#8217;ve thought she would befriend the town outcast, Jack. Everyone says Jack&#8217;s a witch, but in reality she&#8217;s just an old lady who wear crocks and sells roadkill skeletons on Etsy. They meet when Snap&#8217;s dog, Good Boy, gets hit by a car and Jack nurses [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-graphic-novels"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/queloque.chcs89.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/queloque.chcs89.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/queloque.chcs89.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queloque.chcs89.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queloque.chcs89.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/queloque.chcs89.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2756\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/queloque.chcs89.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queloque.chcs89.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queloque.chcs89.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}