What do you think?
Rate this book
Marvel Avengers Assembly #1
Marvel: Los Vengadores, Asamblea, (Marvel: Avengers Assembly #1)
A diverse cast of characters -- Kamala Khan (Ms. Marvel), Miles Morales (Spider-Man), and Doreen Green (Squirrel Girl) -- team up in their first-ever middle-grade series told through comics, in-world artifacts, and more! Kamala Khan es una chica normal de secundaria. ¡Al menos hasta que una nube llamada "niebla terrígena" pasa barriendo la costa de Nueva Jersey y activa sus poderes! Tras adoptar la identidad de Srta. Marvel, Kamala comienza a combatir el crimen en Nueva Jersey, y esto llama la atención de algunos superhéroes ya establecidos. Aunque eso no es necesariamente algo bueno...Kamala Khan was an average middle school kid. That is, until a cloud called a Terrigen Mist swept through the New Jersey waterfront and activated her super powers! After taking on the persona of Ms. Marvel, she's been fighting crime in Jersey City, and has caught the eye of some pretty well-established super heroes. But that's not always a good thing...
Kindle Edition
First published August 4, 2020
26 people are currently reading
228 people want to read
About the author
Preeti Chhibber
61 books167 followersPreeti Chhibber is a huge nerd. She usually spends her time reading a ridiculous amount of Young Adult, but is also ready to jump into most fandoms at a moment’s notice. You can follow her on Twitter @runwithskizzers.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 30 of 59 reviews
August 19, 2020
It’s so important to see representation in early reader MG books and this is an incredible addition to the MG space!!
August 31, 2020
Clearly meant for a young audience, but still amusing as Kamala Khan “Ms Marvel” is noticed by adult superheroes after her less than stellar performance dealing with bad guys. She, along with Miles Morales and Doreen Green, (and a bunch of other kid superheroes), are invited to an after school school for superheroes*.
Kamala is nervous, and initially wonders about the others, especially her new teammates for an academic decathlon, Miles and Doreen. But through training hard together the three learn to appreciate each other and their individual strengths.
Some great stuff in this story about it being ok to be nervous when trying something new, and about the hard and rewarding aspects of teamwork of working hard, and respecting others.
I loved how though we didn’t get to spend significant time with these other superheroes (and I hope to in future volumes), we saw Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, America Chavez, Death Locket, Patriot, Amadeus Cho and Ironheart at this school.
This was light and fun, and I’m always up for spending time with Kamala Khan.
* Kamala’s right; Wolverine really should be one of the teachers.
Kamala is nervous, and initially wonders about the others, especially her new teammates for an academic decathlon, Miles and Doreen. But through training hard together the three learn to appreciate each other and their individual strengths.
Some great stuff in this story about it being ok to be nervous when trying something new, and about the hard and rewarding aspects of teamwork of working hard, and respecting others.
I loved how though we didn’t get to spend significant time with these other superheroes (and I hope to in future volumes), we saw Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, America Chavez, Death Locket, Patriot, Amadeus Cho and Ironheart at this school.
This was light and fun, and I’m always up for spending time with Kamala Khan.
* Kamala’s right; Wolverine really should be one of the teachers.
Read
August 27, 2020I received a review copy from Edelweiss+.
I really enjoyed this! It's light, fun, cute, and I read it in one sitting. It's a bit disjointed but I think it's fine considering the multimedia format. I'm not very knowledgable about Marvel but that didn't hinder my enjoyment! I feel like fans and non-fans would find it fun. Most importantly to me, it's a superhero book that has female characters as 2/3 of its main cast, WITHOUT it being overtly girly! That's a huge win for me.
My main concern was that some of the phrases and references reminded me of my early teen years... and I'm 26. (i.e. an "all your base" reference, the style of authors notes in Kamala's fanfiction) I'm not sure if those will really hit with the target audience in 2020. (That said, I enjoyed it! Lol)
I saw other reviews say it's too juvenile for the age group, but I disagree. There's plenty of lighter middle grade books out there; it's a wide category. It's definitely not on the same level as things like His Dark Materials but I don't think it needs to be. There's a lot of kids in that age group who prefer goofy, picture-heavy books.
Ultimately, I liked it and would totally recommend it to kids who like multimedia or diary-style books in the MG category. Looking forward to future instalments!
I really enjoyed this! It's light, fun, cute, and I read it in one sitting. It's a bit disjointed but I think it's fine considering the multimedia format. I'm not very knowledgable about Marvel but that didn't hinder my enjoyment! I feel like fans and non-fans would find it fun. Most importantly to me, it's a superhero book that has female characters as 2/3 of its main cast, WITHOUT it being overtly girly! That's a huge win for me.
My main concern was that some of the phrases and references reminded me of my early teen years... and I'm 26. (i.e. an "all your base" reference, the style of authors notes in Kamala's fanfiction) I'm not sure if those will really hit with the target audience in 2020. (That said, I enjoyed it! Lol)
I saw other reviews say it's too juvenile for the age group, but I disagree. There's plenty of lighter middle grade books out there; it's a wide category. It's definitely not on the same level as things like His Dark Materials but I don't think it needs to be. There's a lot of kids in that age group who prefer goofy, picture-heavy books.
Ultimately, I liked it and would totally recommend it to kids who like multimedia or diary-style books in the MG category. Looking forward to future instalments!
September 3, 2020
I love this book and know my students will too! Fast paced, full of humor and fun! I liked all the different mediums, from fan fic to text messages to comic stips, kids will love all the variety.
The book captured the spirit of Ms. Marvel, Miles Morales and Squirrel Girl perfectly! Marvel fans will love this one!
Highly recommend!!!
The book captured the spirit of Ms. Marvel, Miles Morales and Squirrel Girl perfectly! Marvel fans will love this one!
Highly recommend!!!
July 14, 2021
This book is chaotic, and not in a good way. The many multi-media elements that it juggles often run together in confusing ways, without clear demarcations of time and place. The beginning was especially difficult, since I had to figure out what order various artifacts came in to start getting into the story. Was a letter, for example, sent before or after the text exchange I'd just seen? Were these photos from the present, or illustrating past events? Even though series like Jedi Academy have been very successful while using a multi-media approach, the sheer quantity of different elements here seemed unnecessarily overwhelming and confusing.
In addition to the confusing pacing, this book also has a weak storyline. The author spends so much time introducing the characters, the school concept, and everyone's various communications with each other that there isn't much time for the actual plot to unfold. It all feels very rushed and poorly paced, with online fan fiction updates from Ms. Marvel interrupting the story at random intervals. Although the reader comments on her updates were funny and realistic, her writing never really went anywhere. It wasn't a story-within-a-story, and was just something else interrupting what little flow this book had.
I really wanted to enjoy this, since I love Ms. Marvel and Squirrel Girl, but it fell flat for me. I'm sure that many of the target middle grade readers will feel differently, and will really get into the story and the characters, but this didn't work for me at all. I'm tempted to still read the second book in case the structure, pacing, and flow improve, but I'm also not sure if I want to exert the same mental strain it took me to figure this book out. The struggle may be somewhat specific to me, since I'm an overly literal, structured, and linear person, but reading this book was WORK, despite how short, light, and illustration-heavy it is.
Also, despite the very limited text, there were two notable writing mistakes. On page 36, Fredrick Douglass's name is missing the second 's,' and page 158 features a dialogue bubble with the word "crumbilng." Even spell-check can catch that, so I have no idea why an editor didn't.
In addition to the confusing pacing, this book also has a weak storyline. The author spends so much time introducing the characters, the school concept, and everyone's various communications with each other that there isn't much time for the actual plot to unfold. It all feels very rushed and poorly paced, with online fan fiction updates from Ms. Marvel interrupting the story at random intervals. Although the reader comments on her updates were funny and realistic, her writing never really went anywhere. It wasn't a story-within-a-story, and was just something else interrupting what little flow this book had.
I really wanted to enjoy this, since I love Ms. Marvel and Squirrel Girl, but it fell flat for me. I'm sure that many of the target middle grade readers will feel differently, and will really get into the story and the characters, but this didn't work for me at all. I'm tempted to still read the second book in case the structure, pacing, and flow improve, but I'm also not sure if I want to exert the same mental strain it took me to figure this book out. The struggle may be somewhat specific to me, since I'm an overly literal, structured, and linear person, but reading this book was WORK, despite how short, light, and illustration-heavy it is.
Also, despite the very limited text, there were two notable writing mistakes. On page 36, Fredrick Douglass's name is missing the second 's,' and page 158 features a dialogue bubble with the word "crumbilng." Even spell-check can catch that, so I have no idea why an editor didn't.
December 26, 2025
new book for my dad's classroom so I had to pre-read it for content. a little all over the place tbh
May 27, 2021
Ms. Marvel is here to learn all about being a hero and she meets friends and foes along the way!
So I am not a big fan of Marvel (or DC), there is just too much and some other reasons.. But there are things I do love, like children’s books full with superheroes, some which I recognise, some I don’t. Haha. I have to be honest and say that while there are a lot of reference to heroes, baddies, and Marvel stuff, as long as you know some basics (like I do) you will be fine.
This book looked just too much fun, and now that I finished it I can tell you it was superfun! We see how Ms Marvel gets an invitation to the Avengers Institute! She can follow lessons there after school (RIP that girl, superheroing, school, and then superhero school as well). I loved that the way the kids from all over could go to the same school, that is quite an interesting way! We read about various lessons, about the preparations for the decathlon, about teamwork, but there is also about friendship! We meet Miles (Spiderman number so many) and Doreen Green (Squirrel Girl and the good one, sorry, I have read the comics and she was horrible in there, but I love her in this one). I loved seeing the trio get closer and closer and eventually also tell their real identities (well, both Doreen and Ms Marvel don’t really have much to hide, haha, but Spidey has all to hide).
The story isn’t told as one would normally do. There are text messages, blog entries (diaries), we see videos (or pictures of it), we read transcripts and files and interviews, we get written entries, there is quite a focus on fanfiction (which I also enjoyed reading), and so much more. Mostly they are from Ms. Marvel’s POV, but we also get some teachers and Kid Apocalypse (whose name was just awesome). I really enjoyed the change in telling the story. This was so dynamic and interactive. It made the story more superpowered.
Along we have a supervillain plot! Oh yes, someone wants to time travel and is targeting Ms Marvel. I really liked the extra plot, it was quite fun. Though it made me want to shake Kid Apocalypse a bit given how he just should have stood up for himself and for his new friend Ms Marvel.
The art was just fabulous! I loved the illustrations, the comics, well everything. I should really see what this illustrator has done other than this one. Hopefully there is more!
All in all, if you are looking for a superpowered and fun book featuring many Marvel heroes (I was so proud that I recognised so many of them), I would recommend this one. As for me? I am going to be buying the newest book next month (kind of through my budget for May).
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
So I am not a big fan of Marvel (or DC), there is just too much and some other reasons.. But there are things I do love, like children’s books full with superheroes, some which I recognise, some I don’t. Haha. I have to be honest and say that while there are a lot of reference to heroes, baddies, and Marvel stuff, as long as you know some basics (like I do) you will be fine.
This book looked just too much fun, and now that I finished it I can tell you it was superfun! We see how Ms Marvel gets an invitation to the Avengers Institute! She can follow lessons there after school (RIP that girl, superheroing, school, and then superhero school as well). I loved that the way the kids from all over could go to the same school, that is quite an interesting way! We read about various lessons, about the preparations for the decathlon, about teamwork, but there is also about friendship! We meet Miles (Spiderman number so many) and Doreen Green (Squirrel Girl and the good one, sorry, I have read the comics and she was horrible in there, but I love her in this one). I loved seeing the trio get closer and closer and eventually also tell their real identities (well, both Doreen and Ms Marvel don’t really have much to hide, haha, but Spidey has all to hide).
The story isn’t told as one would normally do. There are text messages, blog entries (diaries), we see videos (or pictures of it), we read transcripts and files and interviews, we get written entries, there is quite a focus on fanfiction (which I also enjoyed reading), and so much more. Mostly they are from Ms. Marvel’s POV, but we also get some teachers and Kid Apocalypse (whose name was just awesome). I really enjoyed the change in telling the story. This was so dynamic and interactive. It made the story more superpowered.
Along we have a supervillain plot! Oh yes, someone wants to time travel and is targeting Ms Marvel. I really liked the extra plot, it was quite fun. Though it made me want to shake Kid Apocalypse a bit given how he just should have stood up for himself and for his new friend Ms Marvel.
The art was just fabulous! I loved the illustrations, the comics, well everything. I should really see what this illustrator has done other than this one. Hopefully there is more!
All in all, if you are looking for a superpowered and fun book featuring many Marvel heroes (I was so proud that I recognised so many of them), I would recommend this one. As for me? I am going to be buying the newest book next month (kind of through my budget for May).
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
March 18, 2021
Mon avis en Français
My English review
J’ai été très intriguée quand j’ai découvert ce roman. Lumen a sorti quelque chose de très différent avec cet ouvrage, qui est un mélange de comics et de roman et j’ai trouvé ça très original.
On suit ainsi Kamala Khan, une jeune fille aux pouvoirs étonnants qui lui permettent de devenir Captain Marvel. Mais elle va aussi attirer l’attention de grands super-héros qui vont lui proposer une place dans une académie très spéciale. C’est aussi là qu’elle va se faire de nouveaux amis, tels que le nouveau Spider-man ou Miles Morales.
C’était un premier volume sympa et différent, et c’était un plaisir de retrouver l’histoire de Captain Marvel. Je me rappelle avoir déjà lu un comics sur elle et j’étais contente de retrouver son personnage.
My English review
J’ai été très intriguée quand j’ai découvert ce roman. Lumen a sorti quelque chose de très différent avec cet ouvrage, qui est un mélange de comics et de roman et j’ai trouvé ça très original.
On suit ainsi Kamala Khan, une jeune fille aux pouvoirs étonnants qui lui permettent de devenir Captain Marvel. Mais elle va aussi attirer l’attention de grands super-héros qui vont lui proposer une place dans une académie très spéciale. C’est aussi là qu’elle va se faire de nouveaux amis, tels que le nouveau Spider-man ou Miles Morales.
C’était un premier volume sympa et différent, et c’était un plaisir de retrouver l’histoire de Captain Marvel. Je me rappelle avoir déjà lu un comics sur elle et j’étais contente de retrouver son personnage.
Read
March 7, 2020Dnf p. 53
This was so disappointing! I love these characters and saw the potential here, but the execution leaves much to be desired. I can’t quite tell what the plot is beyond...new school awkwardness? The multimedia format can work so well but was super stilted and inconsistent here, with issues including: group chats with random people who should not be communicating, unclear concept of “secrecy” around the school (giant branding on the gear Kamala gets from Avengers Inst., etc), Kamala’s private thoughts written across official paperwork, phone panels showing a villain takedown posted on social media that also includes a private convo between Kamala and her friend on the street outside...I could go on. There’s a chance that these issues will be corrected in the finished copy, but it’s SO messy now that I have concerns about what the final product might look like. The whole book feels unbearably juvenile as well—I think it doesn’t give kids enough credit & is too obvious in its attempts at humor.
For an effective multimedia middle grade novel, read Kate Klise’s Regarding the Fountain
For an effective Marvel school story, read Jason Aaron’s Wolverine and the X-Men
This was so disappointing! I love these characters and saw the potential here, but the execution leaves much to be desired. I can’t quite tell what the plot is beyond...new school awkwardness? The multimedia format can work so well but was super stilted and inconsistent here, with issues including: group chats with random people who should not be communicating, unclear concept of “secrecy” around the school (giant branding on the gear Kamala gets from Avengers Inst., etc), Kamala’s private thoughts written across official paperwork, phone panels showing a villain takedown posted on social media that also includes a private convo between Kamala and her friend on the street outside...I could go on. There’s a chance that these issues will be corrected in the finished copy, but it’s SO messy now that I have concerns about what the final product might look like. The whole book feels unbearably juvenile as well—I think it doesn’t give kids enough credit & is too obvious in its attempts at humor.
For an effective multimedia middle grade novel, read Kate Klise’s Regarding the Fountain
For an effective Marvel school story, read Jason Aaron’s Wolverine and the X-Men
March 10, 2024
I feel bad saying this is a 3.5 rounded up for me, but it is. I love Chhibber's writing, but the nature of this as a GN hampered her best skill -- narrative voice. Honestly, the pieces of Kamala's fanfiction were my favorite parts of the book because they were the only parts that read like Chhibber. The plot also felt very scattershot and only pulled together at the very end, which is... kind of an unfortunately very Marvel thing, tbh. I loved all of the characters and the concept, but I wanted to see better execution. This should have been a straight prose novel imo.
November 15, 2024
ok so I'm giving this 2 stars because while it wasn't my cup of tea I am sure kids would love it. I was bored.
Some of the fonts were hard for me as an adult to read so I'm sure that the kids would have issues reading them and the constant jumping around in very short snippets was not friendly to my brain.
Some of the fonts were hard for me as an adult to read so I'm sure that the kids would have issues reading them and the constant jumping around in very short snippets was not friendly to my brain.
March 11, 2021
Pas super fan du format mais je vois pourquoi cela fonctionnerait auprès des enfants !
Read
July 21, 2023No rating because I think I would have loved this if I was in the age range for it, but reading it as an adult just didn't hit. But it's meant for kids and I think kids would love it!
January 20, 2024
This was so cute
January 12, 2021
This was very cutesy, but Chhibber obviously loves these kids. This reminded me of Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity and I'm interested in seeing more of their adventures, especially the ones that confront teenage insecurities.
August 12, 2024
This was cute and fun. I loved the illustrations and these young Avengers characters are really delightful. I think the book could be structured a bit better, as I think it could be a bit confusing for younger readers, but it’s still great for kids.
February 15, 2022
This is book 1 of 3 of the Marvel Avengers Assembly series from @scholastic and this book is from the perspective of Kamala Khan, Ms.Marvel (the other two include her but are from the perspective of Squirrel Girl and Spiderman-Miles Morales).
Genre: MG graphic novel
Ages: 9-12
Availabek: Amazon
Screening: allusion to crushes, beating up bad guys, mention of an underwear/potty humor (pretty clean in general)
Kamala is trying to figure out her way as Ms.Marvel when she is invited to join the Avengers Institute, from the principal Captain Marvel. Camala is worried about the extra pressure in her life, but she ends up making new friends with Squirrel Girl and Spider-Man. She also learns a lot from her teachers, including the Beast and Ant-Man. When a school Decathalon poses problems for Kamala, how will she react and what will she learn?
This graphic novel was super adorable, and it was full of comics, excerpts from Kamala’s Marvel fanfiction which is something she does on the side, texts to her friends Bruno and Nakia, insights into her mind, and more doodles.
Though Kamala is still the 16-year-old from the other comics, this particular series illustrates her very similar to a smaller girl, as well as keeps the content cleaner and much more innocent for the younger readers who are interested in superheroes.
Islamically, I was impressed! Kamala’s mom, sister in law, and friend wear hijab. Two ayahs of the Quran are referenced as said by her loving dad and Kamala learns from them. And the Sheikh from the Masjid is referenced as giving good advice. Nakia, Kamala‘s friend, encourages her to come to the mosque to learn with her, as well, which I thought was a nice touch. Deci food is also mentioned briefly.
I enjoyed this book about Ms. Marvel, and I’m interested in reading the rest of the series in the future.
Genre: MG graphic novel
Ages: 9-12
Availabek: Amazon
Screening: allusion to crushes, beating up bad guys, mention of an underwear/potty humor (pretty clean in general)
Kamala is trying to figure out her way as Ms.Marvel when she is invited to join the Avengers Institute, from the principal Captain Marvel. Camala is worried about the extra pressure in her life, but she ends up making new friends with Squirrel Girl and Spider-Man. She also learns a lot from her teachers, including the Beast and Ant-Man. When a school Decathalon poses problems for Kamala, how will she react and what will she learn?
This graphic novel was super adorable, and it was full of comics, excerpts from Kamala’s Marvel fanfiction which is something she does on the side, texts to her friends Bruno and Nakia, insights into her mind, and more doodles.
Though Kamala is still the 16-year-old from the other comics, this particular series illustrates her very similar to a smaller girl, as well as keeps the content cleaner and much more innocent for the younger readers who are interested in superheroes.
Islamically, I was impressed! Kamala’s mom, sister in law, and friend wear hijab. Two ayahs of the Quran are referenced as said by her loving dad and Kamala learns from them. And the Sheikh from the Masjid is referenced as giving good advice. Nakia, Kamala‘s friend, encourages her to come to the mosque to learn with her, as well, which I thought was a nice touch. Deci food is also mentioned briefly.
I enjoyed this book about Ms. Marvel, and I’m interested in reading the rest of the series in the future.
November 4, 2022
It was over all a good book but it lacked pages and didn't tell all that much of the setting, but t was good because it told a lot about the character.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 14, 2022
War okay. Der Anfang zieht sich etwas in die Länge und es wird erst kurz vor dem Ende spannend.
did-not-finish
February 29, 2020I'm a huge Miles Morales / Into the Spider-Verse and Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel fan, so I was really excited to check out this advanced reader copy described as middle-grade.
I'm also 42, so I'm not the target market for this book. Please take my frustration with this book with its due grain of salt.
I do read a good amount of middle grade graphic novels as a bookseller, and this felt very infantalized - both the characters and the audience - to me, relative to others targeting the same age group. I completely gave up on trying to figure out if there was a plot around page 26. Skimming forward from there, I increasingly gave up. There was a lot of Marvel name dropping. There were what felt like about 300 different ways of conveying information (texting, journal writing by hand, actual comic style, blogging, newspaper articles, a random screenplay-style transcript, forms that were filled out ... it was exhausting and felt like homework just trying to figure out if I needed to read something, how to read it, and finding most of it was also not plot.)
As an immigrant rights activist, and as a non-Muslim who thinks pro-Muslim media is critically important as the Muslim travel ban expands in the USA, I found the use of a transcript rather than illustrations of the Khan family outright offensive. I really hope that choice wasn't made because they didn't want to depict Kamala's mom, Muneeba Khan, who wears a hijab, in a middle grade graphic novel. Mind you, I'm reading an advanced reader copy, and I will hope between now and its release, this is rectified. Fingers crossed!
Maybe if I was 8 and keeping a journal of every possible fact about Miles Morales or Kamala Khan or Doreen Green, I'd get something out of this?
This is my introduction to Squirrel Girl, and I don't get her. Her depiction here feels like the kind of "girl power" we could expect from adventure fiction in the 1950s written by old white dudes. Which was already disappointing to me when I was reading it in the 1980s.
I hope kids like it far better than I did!
I'm also 42, so I'm not the target market for this book. Please take my frustration with this book with its due grain of salt.
I do read a good amount of middle grade graphic novels as a bookseller, and this felt very infantalized - both the characters and the audience - to me, relative to others targeting the same age group. I completely gave up on trying to figure out if there was a plot around page 26. Skimming forward from there, I increasingly gave up. There was a lot of Marvel name dropping. There were what felt like about 300 different ways of conveying information (texting, journal writing by hand, actual comic style, blogging, newspaper articles, a random screenplay-style transcript, forms that were filled out ... it was exhausting and felt like homework just trying to figure out if I needed to read something, how to read it, and finding most of it was also not plot.)
As an immigrant rights activist, and as a non-Muslim who thinks pro-Muslim media is critically important as the Muslim travel ban expands in the USA, I found the use of a transcript rather than illustrations of the Khan family outright offensive. I really hope that choice wasn't made because they didn't want to depict Kamala's mom, Muneeba Khan, who wears a hijab, in a middle grade graphic novel. Mind you, I'm reading an advanced reader copy, and I will hope between now and its release, this is rectified. Fingers crossed!
Maybe if I was 8 and keeping a journal of every possible fact about Miles Morales or Kamala Khan or Doreen Green, I'd get something out of this?
This is my introduction to Squirrel Girl, and I don't get her. Her depiction here feels like the kind of "girl power" we could expect from adventure fiction in the 1950s written by old white dudes. Which was already disappointing to me when I was reading it in the 1980s.
I hope kids like it far better than I did!
January 9, 2021
Thank you to @Scholasticinc and @runwithskizzers for sharing an advance copy of Orientation (Marvel: Avengers Assembly #1) with the #Kidlitexchange network. This middle grades graphic novel was released in August 2020. All opinions are my own.
Kamala Khan was an average middle schooler before Terrigen Mist swept through New Jersey activating her superpowers and turning her into Ms. Marvel. Now she can emmbiggen, disembiggen, stretch, and shape-shift. She uses her powers to protect her city; however, she ends up causing some major damage along the way. After one of her battles makes it onto the internet, she receives an invitation from Captain Marvel to join Avenger's Institute and receive some superhero training. There Ms. Marvel meets her team, Spider-Man (Miles Morales) and Squirrel Girl (Doreen Green). The three become fast friends and begin training together. Unbeknownst to Ms. Marvel, she is the center of a plot and the decathlon will be for more complicated than she could have imagined.
This was a super fun and light read. The characters are vibrant and interesting. I'm not super familiar with the Marvel Universe, but I very much enjoyed this book and getting a glimpse at a new generation of heroes. I liked that there was a focus on the idea that you can't go at it alone. There was also a focus on the theme that you are not defined by others. Just because others view you a certain way doesn't mean that that is who you are or what you have to become. This message directly relates to the peer pressure that many middle grade readers experience. I very much enjoyed the illustrations throughout the novel. The one thing I struggled with was the conflict. It felt like there were multiple conflicts throughout the novel and I was having a little trouble at first following the story line. It was a little scattered. Overall, though, the book was enjoyable and I believe my students will like it.
Kamala Khan was an average middle schooler before Terrigen Mist swept through New Jersey activating her superpowers and turning her into Ms. Marvel. Now she can emmbiggen, disembiggen, stretch, and shape-shift. She uses her powers to protect her city; however, she ends up causing some major damage along the way. After one of her battles makes it onto the internet, she receives an invitation from Captain Marvel to join Avenger's Institute and receive some superhero training. There Ms. Marvel meets her team, Spider-Man (Miles Morales) and Squirrel Girl (Doreen Green). The three become fast friends and begin training together. Unbeknownst to Ms. Marvel, she is the center of a plot and the decathlon will be for more complicated than she could have imagined.
This was a super fun and light read. The characters are vibrant and interesting. I'm not super familiar with the Marvel Universe, but I very much enjoyed this book and getting a glimpse at a new generation of heroes. I liked that there was a focus on the idea that you can't go at it alone. There was also a focus on the theme that you are not defined by others. Just because others view you a certain way doesn't mean that that is who you are or what you have to become. This message directly relates to the peer pressure that many middle grade readers experience. I very much enjoyed the illustrations throughout the novel. The one thing I struggled with was the conflict. It felt like there were multiple conflicts throughout the novel and I was having a little trouble at first following the story line. It was a little scattered. Overall, though, the book was enjoyable and I believe my students will like it.
March 13, 2021
Je tiens tout d’abord à remercier Lumen pour l’envoi de ce roman. C’est le premier roman graphique que sort Lumen et il est plus à destination des 9/12ans et clairement il tombe juste pour le public. Même plus jeune, mon fils de 7ans a adoré, bon il a fallu que je lui lise, pas forcément facile de s’y retrouver à cet âge. L’Académie Avengers présente pour la première fois Kamala Khan en dehors des comics et du jeu Marvel’s Avengers sorti sur PS4 et je trouve que c’est vraiment bien fait pour apprendre à la connaître tant au niveau de ses fanfictions vu qu’à l’origine c’est une fan des avengers que de ces aventures avec ses pouvoirs ou encore au sein de l’académie. Le fait d’y mettre en plus le nouveau Spiderman, Miles Morales, ou encore d’y intégrer d’autres comme Miss Hulk permet de réconcilier toutes les licences Marvel entre elles. Ce qui est agréable dans ce livre, c’est la composition de ce dernier et le style donné. En effet, on retrouve plusieurs styles dedans, comme des petites BD, des pages écrites, ou encore des SMS ou des photos instagram. C’est bourré d’humour, des petites touches comiques par ci par là avec des dessins mignons. Il y a quand même une histoire de fond dans tout cela. En effet, Captain Marvel et Pietro Maximoff invitent tous les nouveaux jeunes super héros à rentrer dans l’académie pour avoir quelques cours et mieux maitriser leurs pouvoirs et améliorer leurs missions. C’est ainsi que Miss Marvel rencontre Ecureuillette et Miles Morales. Qui dit école dit bien sur épreuves et du coup à la fin de leur année, ils ont le droit à un décathlon pour savoir quel team est la meilleure. C’est assez addictif comme livre et on a envie de savoir ce qui va se passer au fur et à mesure que l’on avance surtout que forcément comme dans une aventure de super héros il y a des méchants.
En résumé, L’Académie Avengers est un excellent livre pour les jeunes qui commencent à se passionner pour les super héros. Mon fils a adoré suivre les aventures de ces nouveaux héros et d’en découvrir d’autres que l’on ne connait pas encore. Il a surtout adoré le format du livre et le fait de passer d’une chose à l’autre avec pas mal d’illustrations entre les textes. Bon après il est encore petit et en dessous de l’âge recommandé. J’ai hâte de voir ce que va donner la suite et ce qu’on va retrouver dedans ! En tout cas, une excellente découverte !
En résumé, L’Académie Avengers est un excellent livre pour les jeunes qui commencent à se passionner pour les super héros. Mon fils a adoré suivre les aventures de ces nouveaux héros et d’en découvrir d’autres que l’on ne connait pas encore. Il a surtout adoré le format du livre et le fait de passer d’une chose à l’autre avec pas mal d’illustrations entre les textes. Bon après il est encore petit et en dessous de l’âge recommandé. J’ai hâte de voir ce que va donner la suite et ce qu’on va retrouver dedans ! En tout cas, une excellente découverte !
November 24, 2020
Kamala Khan, Miles Morales, and Doreen Green are just a few of the young superheroes who have gotten special invitations to the Avengers special super hero school. Kamala thinks the invitation was a critique of how well she's been doing, but the others think the older Avengers just want to help make things easier and share some wisdom. And it turns out, they have a lot to learn. Can they figure out how to master their own unique talents and how to work as a team before the final exam?
I love the concept of older superheroes realizing how great it would have been to have some help when they were first entering the superhero world and deciding to help the new generation not have to learn the hard way. It's a great step for the Marvel universe. I love seeing Miles, Kamala, and Doreen all together. They are 3 of my favorites in the Marvel universe. The school is kind of an after school club they go to in secret. If you've read the Wilson Ms. Marvel comics and North Squirrel Girl comics know that not everything they have learned or experienced there is the same here. For one thing, Lockjaw is a stranger to Ms. Marvel and Doreen is in high school instead of college, and none of the heroes have ever met before, but Kamala babysitting her nephew is mentioned so some things in their other story arcs are kept the same. The story in this is told through journals, comic strips, texting, and other visual media that make for an engaging and quick read. It's pretty fun too. Even though all the characters are said to be in high school, the tone of this felt much more middle grade, so I'd shelve it for middle grade readers. Highly recommended for superhero fans!
Notes on content: No language issues that I remember. No sexual content. There are some superhero/villain battles but no one gets seriously hurt.
I love the concept of older superheroes realizing how great it would have been to have some help when they were first entering the superhero world and deciding to help the new generation not have to learn the hard way. It's a great step for the Marvel universe. I love seeing Miles, Kamala, and Doreen all together. They are 3 of my favorites in the Marvel universe. The school is kind of an after school club they go to in secret. If you've read the Wilson Ms. Marvel comics and North Squirrel Girl comics know that not everything they have learned or experienced there is the same here. For one thing, Lockjaw is a stranger to Ms. Marvel and Doreen is in high school instead of college, and none of the heroes have ever met before, but Kamala babysitting her nephew is mentioned so some things in their other story arcs are kept the same. The story in this is told through journals, comic strips, texting, and other visual media that make for an engaging and quick read. It's pretty fun too. Even though all the characters are said to be in high school, the tone of this felt much more middle grade, so I'd shelve it for middle grade readers. Highly recommended for superhero fans!
Notes on content: No language issues that I remember. No sexual content. There are some superhero/villain battles but no one gets seriously hurt.
January 22, 2021
My book was about this young superhero named Ms.Marvel (her real name is Kamala Khan). She lives in jersey city and fights bad guys and may have been responsible for destroying a building. But then she gets a letter from a big-time superhero named Captain Marvel. This letter is inviting her to a superhero academy to fight alongside other young superheroes like her. Will she join this superhero academy and fight alongside young superheroes like her for you to find out go and read the book.
The theme of this book is teamwork. I think this is the theme because It showed how the value people can contribute to the overall success of the goal you’re trying to achieve. The first character I will be talking about is Ms.Marvel. She is one of the main characters of the story she contributes to the story by being the leader of her own team. The second character is Spider-man his role in this story is that he helps Ms.Marvel with her homework. The third main character is Squirrel girl she helps Ms.Marvel with defeating people who are trying to hurt her.
There are two positive aspects of this book that I want to highlight, good storytelling and illustrations of the characters. Good storytelling because the book keeps your attention from the beginning of the book until the end. Illustrations of the characters is another item I would like to highlight because the character details are amazing, like your watching a movie. I would like to list two negative aspects of this book is that it does not have a good main villain, The illustrations are not in color. I said that not having a good main villain was a negative aspect because it does not a good fight between good and bad characters. Also, it was not a good thing that it was not in color because I prefer my illustrations in color.
September 15, 2020
I got such a kick out of this. I am clearly not the target audience, but I do like Kamala and Miles and Doreen and enjoyed getting to see them have an adventure together. I also loved seeing Evan somewhere outside of an X-Men book. The concept (after school program for young heroes) makes a lot of sense, and it lets Kamala fangirl over her idols in person. The main characters feel like I would expect them to, just a bit younger. I think that kids who aren't terribly familiar with all of these characters would be able to get along fine enough, with the possible exception of confusion over who Evan actually is. Yes, I'm fairly sure that this is Marvel's attempt to emulate DC's Study Hall of Justice series, but that's fine. DC is basically emulating Diary of a Wimpy Kid anyways, and there's room for more than one take on this concept.
April 25, 2021
After the teenaged heroes of the Marvelverse destroy a few too many buildings, Captain Marvel and Nick Fury start an afterschool program to teach them things like teamwork, ethics, and interdimensional travel. The course is capped with a decathlon the run in teams. Ms. Marvel, Squirrel Girl, and Miles Morales team up and boy do they make friends along the way.
The story is told through a combination of graphic art, texts, journal entries, superhero cards, fanfiction, and academic notes. It's laugh out loud funny. Not much in the way of character introduction, but if you know who our heroes and villains are, it's well worth the time.
Professor Lockjaw is AWESOME. And I feel She-Hulk's alarm when she realizes that every member of her class has questions about what they should do when they've 1. saved the day 2. damaged a building and 3. have to get to class. The real quandaries of our time.
The story is told through a combination of graphic art, texts, journal entries, superhero cards, fanfiction, and academic notes. It's laugh out loud funny. Not much in the way of character introduction, but if you know who our heroes and villains are, it's well worth the time.
Professor Lockjaw is AWESOME. And I feel She-Hulk's alarm when she realizes that every member of her class has questions about what they should do when they've 1. saved the day 2. damaged a building and 3. have to get to class. The real quandaries of our time.
September 29, 2022
There's a lot going on in this slim story. That's to be expected with the novel equivalent of a comic book origin story. But the challenge lies in introducing not only Kamala Khan (one of my favorite heroes and one that my son Alex is deeply invested in), but all her friends, and her classmates, and her family, and her teachers, and her rivals. Chhibber attempts to squeeze all that in through a wide range of mediums from cartoon panels, to transcribed conversations, to pseudo "e-mails".
With all that to do, and all those mediums to juggle, the book is just too much to track for a young reader like my son (we only made it two chapters together, I finished the rest on my own at school). There's so much going on it's hard even for older readers to get engaged, the shifting styles seems to throw kids (even as it certainly would appeal to others). By the end you know a little bit about Kamala, but not much else.
With all that to do, and all those mediums to juggle, the book is just too much to track for a young reader like my son (we only made it two chapters together, I finished the rest on my own at school). There's so much going on it's hard even for older readers to get engaged, the shifting styles seems to throw kids (even as it certainly would appeal to others). By the end you know a little bit about Kamala, but not much else.
September 13, 2020
I received a copy of this book from the @Kidlitexchange network in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
ORIENTATION: AVENGERS ASSEMBLY
Released 8/4/20
After she became Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan is invited to enroll into a special school for superheroes and learn to fight alongside the Avengers.
I liked the mix of formats going from graphic panels to journal entries and email entries. As an adult I did find the story a bit mundane but I understand the appeal to the right age range because my daughter BeeBee loved it. I did raise my hands to review it with her in mind. So the rating is an average of how we both enjoyed it.
I definitely recommend it and we will be checking out a library copy later to make up for all the art that didn’t make it to the advanced reader copy.
ORIENTATION: AVENGERS ASSEMBLY
Released 8/4/20
After she became Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan is invited to enroll into a special school for superheroes and learn to fight alongside the Avengers.
I liked the mix of formats going from graphic panels to journal entries and email entries. As an adult I did find the story a bit mundane but I understand the appeal to the right age range because my daughter BeeBee loved it. I did raise my hands to review it with her in mind. So the rating is an average of how we both enjoyed it.
I definitely recommend it and we will be checking out a library copy later to make up for all the art that didn’t make it to the advanced reader copy.
September 14, 2020
I picked up this middle reader purely because Preeti Chhibber is a gift and also a treasure, so obviously I’m going to be a little biased. It was super adorable and fun and featured a lot of really cool, underused Marvel heroes in a novel setting. Chhibber does a great job of portraying an internet-native nerd who doesn’t fall into full-on Hackers territory, and her Gen Z heroes are cute and funny without being twee.
The little touches really sold me on this, and I got a little choked up by things like the official Avengers intake form asking for people’s pronouns. Chhibber also has a little bit of a cameo from the OG Spidey, which I appreciated, and I’m also now kind of dying to find all her old Marvel fanfiction that clearly exists because Kamala’s fic and the reader comments are just too realistic.
The little touches really sold me on this, and I got a little choked up by things like the official Avengers intake form asking for people’s pronouns. Chhibber also has a little bit of a cameo from the OG Spidey, which I appreciated, and I’m also now kind of dying to find all her old Marvel fanfiction that clearly exists because Kamala’s fic and the reader comments are just too realistic.
October 17, 2020
This was a super fun hybrid book that included comic panels, journal entries, fanfiction and more. I think this could serve as a great introduction to some newer superheroes/heroes kids are less familiar with. Great diversity with Miles Morales and Kamala Khan as two of the main characters. I found myself wishing regularly that this had been printed in color. It was very difficult to tell what was happening in many of the illustrations. I imagine the idea was for this to resemble other notebook-style books like Wimpy Kid, and I can see that appeal, but it would have been awesome if this could have had color throughout. I think kids will love this and adult superhero fans will enjoy sharing this with younger readers too.
Displaying 1 - 30 of 59 reviews