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Pop quiz! Get out your number two pencils:
1. What do you call people who live in a secret lair, possess bizarre and
dangerous abilities, engage in risky behaviors, and fight to save the world from
evil?
a. Super heroes.
b. Teenagers.
c. Insane in their brains.
d. The Runaways.
e. All of the above.
2. What do you get when you cross the kids of California super-villains, a
hideout under a museum, an airship shaped like a frog, and a telepathic dinosaur
from the 83rd century?
a. The best, smartest comic for teenagers on the market.
b. Yeah, this one isn’t really multiple choice. The answer’s ‘a.’
3. Who’s the coolest Runaway?
a. Nico, the leader, because her parents were wizards – just like Harry
Potter’s!
b. Gert, because she has purple hair and questions authority.
c. Chase, because he can drive – and he does his own stunts.
d. Molly, because she can lift cars over her head… as long as she gets a nap
afterwards.
e. Karolina, because she flies and shines like a rainbow.
f. Victor, because he’s a Mexican cyborg, and paper clips stick to him like
fridge magnets.
4. What’s the best reason to read Runaways?
a. I said so. Don’t you trust me?
b. The American Library Association named it to its list of ten best books for
young readers. You trust them, don’t you?
c. It has great Japanese-influenced art, which manga and anime fans love. So
trust Japan.
d. Brian K. Vaughan is an award-winning writer – i.e., trustworthy – and he
writes great stories about brave, tender, cocky teenagers.
5. How can a savvy reader like you get started with this awesome series?
a. Read True Believers, when one Runaway comes back from the future to
warn
herself about a dangerous boy who threatens the world.
b. Pick up Escape to New York, the group’s field trip to Manhattan to
help a
friend clear his name – and to meet Spider-Man!
c. Start at the very beginning with the first season of “Runaways” to see the
group discover the truth about their evil parents and their own hidden powers.
Okay, pencils down. When you come in for some Runaways, bring your quiz
sheet, and I’ll tally your score.
Runaways is recommended for readers ages 10 and up.
Review by Mark Bradshaw, April 10, 2006
Runaways volumes 1, 2, and 3:
http://www.watermarkbooks.com/review0805-019.html
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