Many would argue would Tamaki (someone weve read numerous. I am Not Starfire is a story about teenagers and/as aliens about knowing where you come from and where you are going and about mothers. This week we are reading I Am Not Starfire written by Mariko Tamaki and artist Yoshi Yoshitani. When someone from Starfire’s past arrives, Mandy must make a choice: give up before the battle has even begun, or step into the unknown and risk everything to save her mom. How do you become the person you’re supposed to be when you don’t know what that is? How do you become the person you’re supposed to be when the only thing you’re sure of is what you’re not? Mandy likes Claire (even if she denies it, heartily and intensely). But then everything changes when she gets partnered with Claire for a school project. Mandy’s big plan is that she’s going to move to France and…do whatever people do in France. Which, yeah, her mom doesn’t know.Įveryone thinks Mandy needs to go to college and become whoever you become at college, but Mandy has other plans. To Starfire, who is from another planet, Mandy seems like an alien, like some distant angry light years away moon.Īnd it’s possible Mandy is even more distant lately, ever since she walked out on her S.A.T.s. Mandy has no powers, is a kid who dyes her hair black and hates everyone but her best friend Lincoln. Starfire is gorgeous, tall, sparkly, and a hero. Seventeen-year-old Mandy, daughter of Starfire, is NOT like her mother. I Am Not Starfire is available to pre-order now and hits stores everywhere books are sold on August 10, 2021. ![]() Next summer, New York Times bestselling author Mariko Tamaki is teaming up with talented artist Yoshi Yoshitani, and letterer Aditya Bidikar to debut I Am Not Starfire , an original young adult (YA) graphic novel that follows Mandy, the daughter of Starfire, as she navigates the highs and lows of high school along with the pressure of having a DC Super Hero for a mom.įilled with the same humor and wit readers have come to expect from Tamaki, I Am Not Starfire introduces seventeen-year-old Mandy-an original character-who is struggling to find her own identity as she deals with her school crush while also learning to understand her mom who feels so different from her. ![]() ![]()
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