Lemonade Code (1) - Softcover

Pratt, Jarod

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1620108682 ISBN 13: 9781620108680

Publisher: Oni Press, 2021

Synopsis

"This fun and fast-paced sf adventure with a healthy dose of tween friendship drama will keep readers hooked until the very end." — Booklist

Fans of Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants will love this fully illustrated graphic novel about a middle school super genius who starts a lemonade stand to fund his ultimate top-secret project, only to find unexpected competition right across the street when the new kid starts a rival stand.

Robbie Reynolds isn't just a genius. He's a super SUPER genius! But he doesn't have the cash to fund his ultimate (and top secret) project. That's why he's opening a lemonade stand. Not just any lemonade stand: this one is state of the art, and his automatista can make you any flavor of lemonade your heart desires! Bacon, salsa, potato salad, dirty diaper—anything you want.

Unfortunately, Robbie isn't the only one in the Lemonade Hustle. Daphne Du-Ri, his new across-the-street neighbor, has her own setup going, and something about her lemonade is resonating with people in ways Robbie's can't. Before the week is over, Robbie and Daphne are in a full-on Lemonade War—one that Robbie is quickly losing.

Desperate, he tries to discover Daphne's secret recipe. Her lemonade is just lemonade, isn't it? There can't be some secret ingredient that compels people to buy it, can there? It wouldn't cause the end of the world if her lemonade fell into the wrong hands.

Would it?

About this title

About the Author

Jarod Rhys Pratt is a writer from Detroit, Michigan. Lemonade is his FAVORITE drink. Yet, somehow, when he was a kid, he never got the chance to run a lemonade stand of his own. So, MANY years later, he wrote this book instead and lived out his childhood dream that way. Pratt has two daughters and they both drink the lemonade but he's not so sure they really APPRECIATE la limonada. Not like he does. Pratt really, really, REALLY likes lemonade.

JeyOdin, an American manga artist from New Orleans, is the creator of the Saturday AM series, Hammer, and illustrator of Rick and Morty: The Manga Vol. 1. After attending the Savannah College of Art and Design and majoring in sequential art, JeyOdin was able to get his first comic, Chicken Fight, published with Antarctic Press. He's also been published in USA Today and illustrated Lemonade Code for Oni Press. Having had a career in this space for more than a decade, he also created his 4-Step Guide to Creating Comics to help those looking to get started. JeyOdin currently resides in South Carolina with his lovely wife, adorable baby, and lovable dogs. You can find him on social media @JeyOdin.

Reviews

Gr 4-7-Preteen Robert, an aspiring mad scientist following in the footsteps of his mother, Doctor Mama, creates a high-tech lemonade stand that can deliver any flavor imaginable, but new neighbor Daphne serves Robert a dose of humble pie when her old-fashioned lemonade stand outperforms his. To help his struggling family and fund his mad science, Robert turns to increasingly desperate measures to take down the competition. When one of his plans results in an unstoppable swarm of nanobots threatening to take over the world, Robert, Daphne, and Doctor Mama save the day by using coding, music, and friendship to banish the nanobots to the Lemorphonadia dimension. The bright, cartoony art will appeal to younger readers but is visually detailed enough not to alienate older ones. Robert's dog, Researcher, and Daphne's cat, Dee Dee, provide some background slapstick comedy. Daphne is Asian, Robert's mother and numerous other characters are Black, and Robert is portrayed as biracial (speaking some Spanish words and having a Black mother). Outside of some minor intra-kid violence, this is wholesome, family-friendly fare, on par with Archie comics. VERDICT A delightful addition to middle grade collections, this could introduce new readers to comics. For existing readers of comics like Captain Underpants, this can serve as a gateway comic to weirder fare.-Tammy Ivins, Univ. of North Carolina at Wilmingtonα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oni Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1620108682
• ISBN 13: 9781620108680
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: JeyOdin
• Number of pages: 160