Graphic Novel Review – EndGames (NewsPrints, Book 2) by Ru Xu (4/5 stars)

Reading Level: Middle Grade
Genre: Graphic Novel/Fantasy
Length: 208 pages
Publisher: Graphix
Release Date: January 29, 2019
ISBN-13: 978-0545803168
Stand Alone or Series: 2nd book in NewsPrints series
Source: Borrowed from Library
Rating: 4/5 stars

“Blue arrives in the capital city of Altalus, where she is determined to find her friend Crow, the boy who was created to be a flying war machine, and Jack, the engineer who built him. But soon she is inadvertently kidnapped by Snow and Red, twins from the enemy side of their ten-year war. They set off on a dangerous adventure that brings them to the front lines of the war, and eventually realize that they must work together to help end it. But with larger, more powerful forces at work, the fight for peace — and survival — will be more difficult than they ever imagined.”

This is the second book in the NewsPrints graphic novel series. I enjoyed NewsPrints and was surprised when I saw the follow up had finally been released. This is a good continuation of the first book and does and awesome job of wrapping up the story.

Blue is a fun character and we meet some new and interesting characters in this story as well. I love the world here and illustration is really well done too. The story (writing and drawing) are both easy to follow.

I am not huge on reading about war and politics, so I didn’t enjoy this book as much as the first one. NewsPrints dealt a lot with Blue and the inventor Jack, this book deals more with politics between the two countries that are at war and the war machines being built on each side of the war.

Overall this is a good ending to the NewsPrints series. This was a well done graphic novel with good characters, an interesting world, and beautiful easy-to-follow illustrations. My 12 year old son and I both enjoyed this series.