Paola Santiago and the dreams
Tehlor Kay Mejia: Paola Santiago and the River of Tears (Disney Hyperion 2021) Paola Santiago is down to earth. She believes that what cannot be scientifically proven does not exist. She is obsessed with space exploration, and events in space have always been more important to her than things on Earth. She often daydreams: for example, how to create rocket fuel from algae. Paola has a difficult nature: she often gets angry. But why shouldn’t she be angry, because there are so many things in the world that can make a person angry. For example, because her father left them. Or because she can’t have such a nice phone like her friend Emma has. Of course, Emma is rich. She lives in the west part of the city, unlike Paola and their other friend Dante, who live in a housing estate called Riverside Palace in the east. The sun even…
Witch Apprentices
Kamome Shirahama: Witch Hat Atelier (published from 2016) Coco works in her mother’s tailor shop, but she dreams a lot because she is very interested in magic. Unfortunately, only witches can cast spells, and a witch must be born. One day, however, Qifrey, the mysterious wizard, walks into the tailor shop. His presence comes in handy because a magic tool needs to be repaired. However, no one is allowed to see how witches cast spells. But Coco cannot contain her curiosity and spies on Qifrey. She realizes that it may not be impossible for her to use magic. But when she tries, something terrible happens. Now she must go with Qifrey, become an apprentice and correct her mistake. I haven’t read manga yet, but I’ve heard a lot about the genre and when I saw how beautiful the drawings are, I thought I’d give it a try. Coco is a…