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Anti/Hero
By Kate Karyus Quinn and Demitria Lunetta
Illustrated by Maca Gil
DC Comics, 2020. Graphic novel.

Even though Piper Parajo and Sloane MacBrute go to the same middle school in East Gotham, they could not be more different. For one thing, Piper is *secretly* an aspiring superhero, a star athlete, popular, peppy - basically everything that Sloane is not. Sloane is a super-genius loner who occasionally does some villainous things - but only to help her mom make ends meet. One night, the two cross paths and a freak accident makes them switch bodies with hilarious results. The two very different girls need to learn to work together if they ever hope to make things right again - or save Gotham City!

This girl-power forward graphic novel introduces two new superheroes to the DC Universe. At its heart, Anti/Hero is a friendship story about two opposite girls whose forced alliance helps them learn to develop empathy for one another. The characters are well-drawn and expressive and Gil's illustrations impressively show the differences between Piper and Sloane - even when they are in each other's bodies! A vibrant color panel adds to the cute and well-detailed illustrations. Fans of DC Super Hero Girls will not want to miss this book!


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