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Why comics matter for young readers 02/12/24
Skylar and the K-Pop Headteacher
Publisher: Walker Books
Skylar and her best friend, eco-activist Dana, are completely (but appropriately) obsessed with AZ8, their favourite K-pop band. So when Skylar's parents ban anything AZ8-related for one whole week and her headteacher confiscates her light-up dancing bunny-ears hat, she's pushed to recklessness.
But as she demands that Ms Callus returns her hat, something strange and slightly scary happens; there's a huge flash of dazzling lightning, and then everything goes black. And when Skylar opens her eyes again, she and Ms Callus seem to have swapped bodies!
Could being in charge for once be quite fun? Or is adult responsibility not as appealing as Skylar had hoped? Dana says that in the films, body-swapping only lasts for 24 hours, but what if she’s wrong and Skylar and Ms Callus can never change back?
This funny, engaging body-swap adventure explores fandom, friendship and empathy via an unmissable dance competition, viral videos and throwing away the school rule book.
Every page is packed with fast-paced action and all sorts of chaos as an 11-year-old superfan and a 71-year-old stick-in-the-mud play out a battle of wills until the nail-biting, and unexpected, conclusion.
A hilarious yet thought-provoking book that will have wide appeal.
Mae Skylar, sydd wedi gwirioni ar K-pop, a phennaeth ei hysgol yn cyfnewid cyrff mewn digwyddiad rhyfedd yn ymwneud â mellten lachar a het clustiau cwningen. A allai fod yn bennaeth am unwaith fod yn hwyl? Neu a yw cyfrifoldeb oedolyn efallai ddim mor ddeniadol ag yr oedd Skylar wedi ei obeithio? Mae’r ffan selog 11 oed a’r difethwr hwyl 71 oed yn ymgymryd â brwydr ewyllys ddoniol iawn hyd at ddiweddglo annisgwyl, cyffrous.
Mae’r antur cyfnewid cyrff ddoniol a difyr hon yn archwilio selogion, cyfeillgarwch ac empathi ac mae pob tudalen yn llawn bwrlwm ac anrhefn.
Llyfr doniol ond sy’n gwneud i rywun feddwl a fydd yn apelio’n eang.
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Kara, 30 April 2024
I love this idea of a book that is so important to me