Book Review: "Countdown to Destruction!" is the third book in the Gum Girl series. It is a comic book consisting of three stories. In each story schoolgirl Grace Gibson, or Gum Girl, uses her gum to foil some nasty villain who is up to something naughty.
In "Gum Girl in Time Trial" she takes on Doctor Tick Tock and his baby assistant Mr Higgins as they steal time. In "Gum Girl in Roller Grrlz" she takes on "the Roller Raider" who wants to blow up the city and replace it with a more roller skate friendly town, "No stairs, no hills, no uneven pavements..." Then in the final story "Gum Girl in Space Cadets" she has to stop "a member of the Evil Genius After-School club" blasting an anti-gravity ray from a space probe.
The colour scheme uses a limited palette, with mainly pinks, greens and yellows. so it has a distinctive style which should appeal to girls. The drawings are clean and there are some good jokes in the stories too.
It is interesting that this is a comic aimed at girls as you might expect boys to be more interested in this type of format but my eight-year-old daughter liked this.
Release date: March 2013
Amazon UK link: Gum Girl: Countdown to Destruction!
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