In the tradition of stories like Zenon: Girl of the Twenty-First Century comes Sanity & Tallulah, about two girls living on a space station. This graphic novel is the first in a trilogy by Molly Brooks aimed at ages 8 and up. Welcome to Wilnick, a run-down space station comprised of scientists and their families out to make new discoveries.
Sanity and Tallulah are best friends and Sanity loves joining her parents for experiments. Wilnick has a strict “No pets” rule that she disobeys when she makes her own pet kitty in a lab. The kitty unintentionally has three heads with distinct personalities, who she names Princess, Sparkle, Destroyer of Worlds (three names, one for each head).
The chaos begins with Princess, Sparkle, Destroyer of Worlds escapes Sanity’s bedroom and the space station begins to have problems. As the girls look in secret for their lost pet, they discover that something on the space station is eating through coolant pipes and their pet is all to blame. But could it be that there is other vermin aboard causing all the mayhem?
Molly Brooks provides excellent pacing and intrigue for this well crafter story. Readers will find it easy to get hooked into the tale and will soon find them rooting for the girls and their three-headed kitty. When it ends, you will be begging for more and the good news is that more books are on the way.
The comic illustrations are charming and the book uses two-tone colors of red and navy blue to make the action pop. Sanity & Tallulah was simultaneously released in hardcover and softcover formats, giving readers options with they way they consume this content.
Sanity & Tallulah is a fun read that will stay with kids, celebrating mankind’s inextinguishable thirst for exploration and discovery. Both girls are wise beyond their years and demonstrate admirable friendship qualities that kids can aspire to. You’ll wish you had a three-headed kitty of your own by the end of the story.