I was excited to get to read the Geeky Fab 5's next adventure! These girls are relatable to my students, and they are all big fans of the graphic novel format. It was fun to get to see them work through a problem and achieve a realistic solution. It was also helpful that there were some historical parts snuck in! Hubble the cat was a great addition, in my opinion, as well. Thank you, NetGalley, for the ARC!

'Geeky Fab 5 Vol. 2: Mystery of the Missing Monarchs' by Liz Lareau and Lucy Lareau with illustrations by Ryan Jampole is a graphic novel about some young ladies interested in science.

This time around the 5 are looking in to why butterflies and bees are missing. When they find a vacant lot with caterpillars, they think it's a nice place to play and watch the bugs. When the lot is threatened by someone who wants to clear it and develop it, the girls realize the butterflies will lose a habitat and have to come up with a plan.

I think this is a pretty good series for young readers and the characters have some appeal. I liked the subject matter and found the art fine for the reading level.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Papercutz and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

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Continues the story of these five friends. This time they're trying to protect a monarch garden from a developer building a convenience store. The protect the earth theme comes through clearly. Plot is predictable but the characters are likeable. The scenes and people are well drawn.

My review of Geeky Fab 5 Vol. 1 is here: http://www.noflyingnotights.com/blog/2019/01/24/geeky-fab-5-vol-1-its-not-rocket-science. I felt pretty similarly about Vol 2 and it shares pretty much all the positive aspects of Vol. 1. I also enjoyed that the girls' eventual solution to their problem was small-scale and realistic, making it seem achievable. The only thing I maybe liked less in this book was the comic relief provided by the girls' sidekick, Hubble the cat, which was just a bit much for me, but might be just right for younger readers.

Geeky Fab 5 Vol. 2 is a great story about 5 elementary school girls who take a stand against a convenience store set to be built on a bee and butterfly sanctuary. The girls are smart, creative, and find ways to solve a problem when things don't go their way.

What I loved most about the graphic novel was the overall positive tone as well as the pleasing illustrations. I would recommend this book to 2nd-5th grade students, especially girls who are into STEM!

Thank you to NetGalley and Papercutz for the opportunity to read this e-ARC!

This was a great sequel! Kudos to all the people who helped to make this book what it is. I'm still so astounded that there is a graphic novel with a heap of amazing, smart and positive girls that are into science. I loved that this book brought us a bit more into Lucy's passion: the environment. And I love how we still get names of so many women throughout history who really don't get the recognition they deserve. I know this is only just the sequel but I really do want a little bit more backstory and insight to each character and their families. We did get a little background with A.J's family which i really enjoyed but I still feel like we are just reading the surface of these characters.

I have got to say one of the highlights in this book is the many adventures of Humble the cat and he's definitely a strong contender for my favourite character.

I'd definitely recommend this series to every family, school and library as it has the potential to be quite an educational series which so many lovable characters.


*Received an ARC from publishers however this does not sway my opinion at all.

This graphic novel is volume two of a series. The illustrations are well done and fun for readers, especially kids, to enjoy.

The story is about five kids who find a hidden garden. There are a lot of honeybees and monarch butterflies in the garden -at first. The butterflies go missing. The girls learn in school that monarchs are endangered and their cat learns a secret that he shouldn't know, leading to his kidnapping. The kids must save their cat and solve the mystery of where the butterflies have gone.

Geeky Fab 5 Vol 2 was a fun graphic novel that celebrates girls who love math and science. The girls also care about the environment and help to save a woodsy area that is being developed. I enjoyed reading this funny story with great illustrations and strong girl and female characters.

This book was received as an ARC from Papercutz in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

I absolutely loved the drawings in this book because of their cartoon-like execution. They really exemplified the girls and their mission to save the bumble bees and Monarch Butterflies from extinction. They are found by the local news and when they discover a secret garden filled with bees and monarchs, their lives are changed forever. Their sidekick cat, goes out and searches the garden but then later discovers the real reason the bees and monarchs disappear, he gets catnapped and it's up to the 5 girls to rescue him. This was such an enjoyment and delight to read and I know our young readers will go crazy for this.

We will consider adding this title to our JGraphicNovel collection at our library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.

After such a STEM-tastic opener, the second book in this series of original graphic novels for the under-twelves features the girls interested in monarch butterflies, and their diminishing habitat. Habitat like a wondrous garden cum playground they suddenly find behind their school. Surely that's not going to be on the endangered list any time soon, though? Cooperation, science, finding smarts sexy and so on are once more to the fore in this book, but again it's a little weak on plot – the baddy is incredibly obvious, for one. The cross-species thought bubbles are lame, and the voice-over is a little too omniscient if it's one of the titular gang. But the target audience of young women will certainly enjoy it.

Less entertaining that the first volume, but still a solid choice for graphic novel/comic fans looking for stories about smart and geeky girls. I continue to enjoy the depiction of young girls the Lareau's promote, even if I didn't find their adventures (or talking cat) particularly captivating this time around.

Loved this quirky little group of friends. Each main character in the book has their own style and interests, yet as a whole their friendship works perfectly.

The "Fab 5" work through conflicts and obstacles as a team even when it seems like the world (and money hungry adults!) are out to bring their plans down.

Stron characters, strong message, a great graphic novel that will help middle graders to transition to more series topics and more detailed novels.

I loved the Geeky Five solving problems about the world and not giving up despite obstacles. The cat is an awesome character and made me laugh out loud. This is a much needed book in a schools collection. Science and thinking outside the box. #girlpower #sciencerocks Illustrations are incresible

This screams girl power, team work, strong capable children, environment consciousness, positive outlook on school, and so so much more.

The message is positive and accurate without an info dump. The age this is intended for and younger can grasp what is happening, and compare this to our real world.

I did not read Vol. 1, but this was great alone. I didn’t feel like I had missed anything.

Also, side note... an online order has been submitted for tons of Milkweed seeds, my family will be plating them this spring.

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I would like to thank Netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review. I read the first volume and enjoyed it so I requested the second. While I thought it was cute and enjoyed the drawings, I liked the first volume more than the second one. I would still like to read future volumes though.

Informative ~ Age-appropriate ~ Accurate
tl; dr: Kids learn about butterflies.

This book feels a little manufactured, or like when someone sneaks vegetables in brownies. It has that "it's good for you vibe." If you get over that, it does give really solid information about extinction and butterflies. I get the feeling this would be ideal in a school setting when a teacher needs to assign science reading for common core and students are reticent to read.

3.5

Thanks to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.