I am Not Starfire is a story about teenagers and/as aliens about knowing where you come from and where you are going and about mothers. When someone from Starfire's past arrives, Mandy must make a choice: give up before the battle has even begun, or step into the unknown and risk everything to save her mom. Or she did until she gets partnered with Claire, the person she intensely denies liking but definitely likes a lot, for a school project. Everyone thinks Mandy needs to go to college and become whoever you become at college, but Mandy has other plans. 17-year-old Mandy is the daughter of Starfire, but she looks and acts nothing like her - she's overweight, she's a goth, she hates the world, and she doesn't have superpowers. It was written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Yoshi Yoshitani. To Starfire, who is from another planet, Mandy seems like an alien, like some distant, angry, light-years away moon.Īnd ever since she walked out on her SATs, which her mom doesn't know about, Mandy has been even more distant. I Am Not Starfire is a DC Comics graphic novel released under its DC Young Adult imprint. She's a kid who dyes her hair black and hates everyone but her best friend, Lincoln. Starfire is gorgeous, tall, sparkly, and a hero. Seventeen-year-old Mandy, daughter of Starfire, is not like her mother. Blackfire and her forces kidnap Mandy and. From New York Times bestselling author Mariko Tamaki (Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass) and artist Yoshi Yoshitani (Zatanna and the House of Secrets) comes a story about Mandy, the daughter of super-famous superhero Starfire. Gr 7 UpShort, chubby, white high school student Mandy feels like the opposite of her mom, Starfire, a superhero from the planet Tamaran who frequently graces magazine covers Mandy's powers consist of making it through the school day, alongside her best friend Lincoln, the son of Vietnamese immigrants. Animation Age Ghetto: While the portrayal of teenagers may be off-putting for older fans, it's often overlooked that as a DC Young Adult entry, the graphic novel is aimed towards young teens who casually grew up with Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go but don't follow the comics.
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