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Diana: Princess of the Amazons #2
Diana and Nubia: Princesses of the Amazons
Diana, Princess of the Amazons was only the beginning: Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, and Victoria Ying team up again to continue the adventure!
Princess Nubia loves her mothers, their home on Themyscira, and all of her Amazon aunties. But she’s still lonely sometimes. It’s hard being the only kid on an island full of adults! She just wishes that things could be different.
And then, one morning, things are different. There’s a stranger sharing her bedroom…and the interloper Diana insists that it’s her room! And their parents think they’re both just being pests, they’ve always shared a room. What is happening?!
Could it be that wishing into Hera’s Ear on the night of the solstice worked? Will Nubia get to keep this strange new sister? Does she even want to?
Princess Nubia loves her mothers, their home on Themyscira, and all of her Amazon aunties. But she’s still lonely sometimes. It’s hard being the only kid on an island full of adults! She just wishes that things could be different.
And then, one morning, things are different. There’s a stranger sharing her bedroom…and the interloper Diana insists that it’s her room! And their parents think they’re both just being pests, they’ve always shared a room. What is happening?!
Could it be that wishing into Hera’s Ear on the night of the solstice worked? Will Nubia get to keep this strange new sister? Does she even want to?
157 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 8, 2022
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Shannon Hale
147 books14.2k followersShannon Hale is the New York Times best-selling author of six young adult novels: the Newbery Honor book Princess Academy, multiple award winner Book of a Thousand Days, and the highly acclaimed Books of Bayern series. She has written three books for adults, including the upcoming Midnight in Austenland (Jan. 2012), companion book to Austenland. She co-wrote the hit graphic novel Rapunzel's Revenge and its sequel Calamity Jack with husband Dean Hale. They live near Salt Lake City, Utah with their four small children, and their pet, a small, plastic pig.
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December 31, 2022
Having gotten burned in the first book in this series, Diana is a little reluctant to trust the new girl who has shown up in her life. But Nubia distrusts Diana just as much and wants to undo the magic wish that has forced them together and makes her bewitched mothers call them sisters.
Just a week ago, I declared that in my review of Green Lantern: Alliance that I need to stop reading the DC Graphic Novels for Kids imprint, but I had obviously forgotten how much I enjoyed Diana: Princess of the Amazons. This sequel is a darn good follow-up, and I am now making an exception to my decree for any DC kids books written by the Hales.
Just a week ago, I declared that in my review of Green Lantern: Alliance that I need to stop reading the DC Graphic Novels for Kids imprint, but I had obviously forgotten how much I enjoyed Diana: Princess of the Amazons. This sequel is a darn good follow-up, and I am now making an exception to my decree for any DC kids books written by the Hales.
July 3, 2023
been three months since i read anything. a bitch is back ¬‿¬
May 23, 2023
Interestingly, the book opens from Nubia's point of view. It's the day before the big Solstice celebration We go through her day and learn first hand that she's the only child on the island and she's desperate for some company. So she ends her day with a wish and a sacrifice.
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December 15, 2022
Delight of a book to read with my ten-year-old daughter and one she enjoyed enough to add a whole lot of either Shannon Hale or Wonder Woman books to her Yuletide wish list...
June 11, 2023
"I've gone my whole life as an only child, but today I wake up and-BOOM-instant sister!"
A fun, charming little sequel to the Hales' 'Diana: Princess of the Amazons' children's graphic novel.
It has Nubia in it! And she is the only princess in Themyscira, the only daughter of Hippolyta, and the only child among the Amazons. Until a childlikelonely wish in a cave on the eve of a solstice, heard by Hera, brings her world and Diana's world together into one (multiverses, amirite?), and suddenly they both meet - as twin sisters! In this reality they always have been sisters, who grew up together, but they are the only ones who remember their lives from before their own worlds fused.
The two little princesses are filled with hostility and distrust towards each other (on Diana's end it is understandable, and she references her experiences from the first comic), and soon, with dubious help from Hera, they find they can get the opportunity to uncombine their universes and return to their former lives. Then they will never have to see their "sister" again.
But as they work together, and get to know the other, and realise how alike they are and how nice it is to have someone their own age to hang out with, will they end up wanting to pull their plan off?
Amazons make the best sisters, after all.
'Diana and Nubia: Princesses of the Amazons' - what else to say? It is cute and simple, and a worthy continuation of Diana's adventures when she is eleven years old, ages before she becomes Wonder Woman in man's world. I love that Queen Hippolyta is married to the Amazon Philippus and they raised their daughter(s) together (Diana and Nubia call her "Ma"). I don't think this was in the first book (though Hippolyta does call Philippus "love" at one point, so they were always a couple then? Way too subtle, Hales), but I'm glad for its inclusion here. They are a loving and lovely family. The comic is very funny, too, and the artwork is adorable and soft - all brushstrokes. It might be possible that Victoria Ying's art is even bolder than in 'Diana: Princess of the Amazons'.
Diana and Nubia don't differ much in personality, however. They generally act and talk the same; they are brash, impulsive, normal-acting kids. They just have different hobbies, stuffed animals, favourite real animals, and preferred chores. Intentional? To show how alike they are? As sisters?
Not every little thing is resolved, either, and maybe the stakes could have been higher. But no matter. No worries. It's a playful, heartfelt, light but well developed all-ages young Princess Diana tale, once again with no male characters in sight! Added bonus is that this time there are no real villains, and no evil women; Hera is just herself, as self-serving, bored, careless, and morally grey/ambiguous as any Greek god, of which she is the literal queen.
Here is a joke about her in this story:
"[...] you know why Hera was put in charge of all of Olympus's animals?"
"[...] because she's the best Zeus-keeper!"
AAAAAAAAND GOODNIGHT EVERYBODY!
My review of 'Diana: Princess of the Amazons' can be found here.
Final Score: 4/5
A fun, charming little sequel to the Hales' 'Diana: Princess of the Amazons' children's graphic novel.
It has Nubia in it! And she is the only princess in Themyscira, the only daughter of Hippolyta, and the only child among the Amazons. Until a childlike
The two little princesses are filled with hostility and distrust towards each other (on Diana's end it is understandable, and she references her experiences from the first comic), and soon, with dubious help from Hera, they find they can get the opportunity to uncombine their universes and return to their former lives. Then they will never have to see their "sister" again.
But as they work together, and get to know the other, and realise how alike they are and how nice it is to have someone their own age to hang out with, will they end up wanting to pull their plan off?
Amazons make the best sisters, after all.
'Diana and Nubia: Princesses of the Amazons' - what else to say? It is cute and simple, and a worthy continuation of Diana's adventures when she is eleven years old, ages before she becomes Wonder Woman in man's world. I love that Queen Hippolyta is married to the Amazon Philippus and they raised their daughter(s) together (Diana and Nubia call her "Ma"). I don't think this was in the first book (though Hippolyta does call Philippus "love" at one point, so they were always a couple then? Way too subtle, Hales), but I'm glad for its inclusion here. They are a loving and lovely family. The comic is very funny, too, and the artwork is adorable and soft - all brushstrokes. It might be possible that Victoria Ying's art is even bolder than in 'Diana: Princess of the Amazons'.
Diana and Nubia don't differ much in personality, however. They generally act and talk the same; they are brash, impulsive, normal-acting kids. They just have different hobbies, stuffed animals, favourite real animals, and preferred chores. Intentional? To show how alike they are? As sisters?
Not every little thing is resolved, either, and maybe the stakes could have been higher. But no matter. No worries. It's a playful, heartfelt, light but well developed all-ages young Princess Diana tale, once again with no male characters in sight! Added bonus is that this time there are no real villains, and no evil women; Hera is just herself, as self-serving, bored, careless, and morally grey/ambiguous as any Greek god, of which she is the literal queen.
Here is a joke about her in this story:
"[...] you know why Hera was put in charge of all of Olympus's animals?"
"[...] because she's the best Zeus-keeper!"
AAAAAAAAND GOODNIGHT EVERYBODY!
My review of 'Diana: Princess of the Amazons' can be found here.
Final Score: 4/5
November 15, 2023
Nubia is a character full of personality. And a very understandable desire to have someone her age around.
She lives in a world full of women goddesses, and two mothers who created her out of dirt. She lives, breathes, and thinks mythological deities. This world was strange enough to me. And, then the story got even weirder.
On soliste, Nubia goes to Hera’s Ear and makes a wish. Next morning, she wakes up to a sister sleeping in her room (with blue hair, who looks nothing like her). And, according to every other person in their world, Nubia and Diana have always been twins, they were raised together, and do everything with each other. Only Nubia and Diana remember different realities.
So starts a wild journey to undo this wish, only to form .
This story is exciting, imaginative, and has a great show of sisterly love. At the same time, there were many other weird details that made me unsure what I thought of the rest.
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Content:
Nubia and Diana have two mothers, who are told how the queen sculpted you both from clay beside the sacred stream
Their entire world consists of gods and goddesses, mostly women. Hera grants Nubia a wish, and in one scene they see the actual Hera, queen of the gods to ask for this wish to be undo. There is also talk the great effort of merging the worlds where each sister existed separately in order to bring them together.
She lives in a world full of women goddesses, and two mothers who created her out of dirt. She lives, breathes, and thinks mythological deities. This world was strange enough to me. And, then the story got even weirder.
On soliste, Nubia goes to Hera’s Ear and makes a wish. Next morning, she wakes up to a sister sleeping in her room (with blue hair, who looks nothing like her). And, according to every other person in their world, Nubia and Diana have always been twins, they were raised together, and do everything with each other. Only Nubia and Diana remember different realities.
So starts a wild journey to undo this wish, only to form .
This story is exciting, imaginative, and has a great show of sisterly love. At the same time, there were many other weird details that made me unsure what I thought of the rest.
Try instead:
Content:
Nubia and Diana have two mothers, who are told how the queen sculpted you both from clay beside the sacred stream
Their entire world consists of gods and goddesses, mostly women. Hera grants Nubia a wish, and in one scene they see the actual Hera, queen of the gods to ask for this wish to be undo. There is also talk the great effort of merging the worlds where each sister existed separately in order to bring them together.
May 15, 2025
Men that feature in this book: zero. Unless you count them being referred to in derision for their uselessness, or if you count the co-author's name on the front.
Turns out these women don't need men. They can even make their own 'children' by moulding them out of clay. Sounds delightful...
We do get a sort of sweet story of the desire to have a sister, but I don't like the fact that their alternate dimensions [SPOILER]:
...
..
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get merged. It seems a bit dodge because those realities just disappear and a new one is made where they've always been sisters. They just talk about people's memories being changed, which is bad enough as it is, but Hera talks about the girls existing in different realities. So their mums are different mums, not the same. They essentially get new mums with new memories and experiences. The old ones are gone forever.
And they have not actually had the experience of being sisters that everyone in this new reality has experienced. It's really odd, they just end up inhabiting these lives that have never been theirs, and don't even think twice about leaving behind their old lives with the family and friends from those old lives.
Maybe to expect a discussion about the ethics and problems of this in a kids' book is a bit unfair, but it didn't sit right with me.
Also, considering this was a book for kids, it's worth parents being aware that the girls have two mothers and their lesbian relationship gets a lot of airtime. It's to be expected with the Amazons being all women, but it didn't feel appropriate to me in a kids' book, though others will disagree.
And the sloth on the cover barely features, so don't hold out any hope that he'll be a cute sidekick.
The artwork is lovely though. Very fun and vibrant and exciting.
But overall, there was just some content I couldn't get on board with, especially with the audience being kids.
CW:
-lesbian parents of the two main characters
-so many women...it gets a bit tedious. And I'm a woman!
-alternate dimensions get lost forever with no discussion of the morality of that
Turns out these women don't need men. They can even make their own 'children' by moulding them out of clay. Sounds delightful...
We do get a sort of sweet story of the desire to have a sister, but I don't like the fact that their alternate dimensions [SPOILER]:
...
..
.
get merged. It seems a bit dodge because those realities just disappear and a new one is made where they've always been sisters. They just talk about people's memories being changed, which is bad enough as it is, but Hera talks about the girls existing in different realities. So their mums are different mums, not the same. They essentially get new mums with new memories and experiences. The old ones are gone forever.
And they have not actually had the experience of being sisters that everyone in this new reality has experienced. It's really odd, they just end up inhabiting these lives that have never been theirs, and don't even think twice about leaving behind their old lives with the family and friends from those old lives.
Maybe to expect a discussion about the ethics and problems of this in a kids' book is a bit unfair, but it didn't sit right with me.
Also, considering this was a book for kids, it's worth parents being aware that the girls have two mothers and their lesbian relationship gets a lot of airtime. It's to be expected with the Amazons being all women, but it didn't feel appropriate to me in a kids' book, though others will disagree.
And the sloth on the cover barely features, so don't hold out any hope that he'll be a cute sidekick.
The artwork is lovely though. Very fun and vibrant and exciting.
But overall, there was just some content I couldn't get on board with, especially with the audience being kids.
CW:
-lesbian parents of the two main characters
-so many women...it gets a bit tedious. And I'm a woman!
-alternate dimensions get lost forever with no discussion of the morality of that
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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May 3, 2024Cute
i was a little skeptical but i loved this
i love these two
bro being the ONLY KID would suck. having a twin sister makes it 1000x better
i was googling and it said that originally in the 70’s when they came up with nubia her origin story was that she had been kidnapped by mars as a baby and hippolyta just. never brought that up again
and then eventually she reappeared idk how i didn’t finish the wikipedia article
that’s so stupid
multi-verse and then the two combine i accept that. that makes sense
also, since when is hippolyta a lesbian
like i picked up on it the last book
but like
when in dc canon
*googles* im getting like 2016, if my research is correct
i don’t mind phillipus as a person but i kept thinking of the “die, interloper” pidgeondove meme
i don’t want her to die i just wanted her to
go away
just be another auntie !
so nubia/diana/nubia & diana’s room
that seems like small quarters for a daughter of the queen
esp now that there’s TWO of them
the bookshelves ikea
were the amazons ever children or
man. i want to live here!!!!!!
i was a little skeptical but i loved this
i love these two
bro being the ONLY KID would suck. having a twin sister makes it 1000x better
i was googling and it said that originally in the 70’s when they came up with nubia her origin story was that she had been kidnapped by mars as a baby and hippolyta just. never brought that up again
and then eventually she reappeared idk how i didn’t finish the wikipedia article
that’s so stupid
multi-verse and then the two combine i accept that. that makes sense
also, since when is hippolyta a lesbian
like i picked up on it the last book
but like
when in dc canon
*googles* im getting like 2016, if my research is correct
i don’t mind phillipus as a person but i kept thinking of the “die, interloper” pidgeondove meme
i don’t want her to die i just wanted her to
go away
just be another auntie !
so nubia/diana/nubia & diana’s room
that seems like small quarters for a daughter of the queen
esp now that there’s TWO of them
the bookshelves ikea
were the amazons ever children or
man. i want to live here!!!!!!
November 24, 2022
In this second book in the series, we are introduced to Nubia, who, it appears is also a princess of the amazons. But she is lonely, and wishes that she would have a playmate. And Diana, in her world, her version of the land of the amazons, wishes the same thing.
But they are surprised when they get a world where both of them are sisters. The weirdest thing is that no one finds this odd but them.
It is a cute story of sisterhood, and trying to solve problems, and adventures. You don’t have to have read the first book, or any books about Wonder Woman at all, to understand what is going on here, and have fun with this great graphic novel.
A good addition to any library.
But they are surprised when they get a world where both of them are sisters. The weirdest thing is that no one finds this odd but them.
It is a cute story of sisterhood, and trying to solve problems, and adventures. You don’t have to have read the first book, or any books about Wonder Woman at all, to understand what is going on here, and have fun with this great graphic novel.
A good addition to any library.
January 2, 2025
This was so cute!!!!
I read book 1 when it came out, and I had no idea it was going to be a series.
This is a middle grade graphic novel series about Diana aka Wonder Woman, and this book continues themes from the first about her feeling lonely as the only child on the island.
This book introduced a new character, Nubia, who lives in an alternate universe where she and Diana are basically living the same life and both are incredibly lonely. They make a wish and wake up in the same world and are forced to learn to get along and work together to make things right again.
I really think these would be great books for any middle grade super hero lover tbh
I read book 1 when it came out, and I had no idea it was going to be a series.
This is a middle grade graphic novel series about Diana aka Wonder Woman, and this book continues themes from the first about her feeling lonely as the only child on the island.
This book introduced a new character, Nubia, who lives in an alternate universe where she and Diana are basically living the same life and both are incredibly lonely. They make a wish and wake up in the same world and are forced to learn to get along and work together to make things right again.
I really think these would be great books for any middle grade super hero lover tbh
November 27, 2022
Graphic Novel
An interesting take on two different dimensions of Themyscira. Each has a lonely Amazon princess, and each princess makes a wish for a friend their age. Somehow, the dimensions blend and everyone but Nubia and Diana think they are twins who have always been together. Readers see how they first work to return to "normal," and then fight to stay together and adjust to this new normal. Hints are offered for future challenges but the book ends with them being thankful to be together as friends and sisters.
Highly detailed illustrations capture this nation.
An interesting take on two different dimensions of Themyscira. Each has a lonely Amazon princess, and each princess makes a wish for a friend their age. Somehow, the dimensions blend and everyone but Nubia and Diana think they are twins who have always been together. Readers see how they first work to return to "normal," and then fight to stay together and adjust to this new normal. Hints are offered for future challenges but the book ends with them being thankful to be together as friends and sisters.
Highly detailed illustrations capture this nation.
January 2, 2023
A great follow up to Diana: Princess of the Amazons. The focus here is on the growing bond of sisterhood between Diana and Nubia. There's a multiversal twist, of course, but I figure a lot of kids will be able to identify with sometimes wanting to get rid of a sibling without really ever wanting to be without them. As an older sister, I know I do.
September 8, 2024
Princess Nubia is lonely as the only kid around, so she makes a wish in Hera's Ear on the night of the solstice. The following day, a strange person is in her bedroom! But no one else thinks that Diana is a stranger. It seems that Nubia's wish has come true and created a new reality, but is it one she will regret?
I thought this was a fun and creative graphic novel. This simple but fun story includes some great lessons about friendship and teamwork, making it perfect for elementary school students.
I thought this was a fun and creative graphic novel. This simple but fun story includes some great lessons about friendship and teamwork, making it perfect for elementary school students.
July 29, 2023
the cutest book hehe the art and action scenes are sweet and always gotta love lesbian moms and sister rivalries. nubia and diana’s bickering is actually so funny and honestly having them work together in order to separate their worlds, in-turn making them closer and making them want to keep each other is such a good plotline. it was so fun to see them co conspire and sneak around while slowly wanting each other to stay was so cute. also hera was like so bad 🥵 , zeus dont come for me please.
December 5, 2022
This was another great installment in the young Diana/Wonder Woman origin graphic novel collection by Shannon and Dean Hale. Victoria Ying’s illustrations are great! This is a fun, sweet story of Nubia and Diana (who live in separate dimensions) making the same wish and finding their worlds collide into a new realm in which they are sisters.
January 7, 2023
I read this with my oldest and it was a great follow up to the first book in the series. Shannon Hale truly thrives at portraying sisterhood and friendship. I LOVED the LGBTQ+ rep. Especially from the Hales. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the beautiful art that made the story come to life courtesy of Victoria Ying.
July 19, 2023
A sweet and amusing follow-up to the first in the series with lots of sisterly feelings. (I can only assume, I don't have a sister.) It's similar enough to the Hales' Princess in Black books that the series makes a natural stepping stone for kids who want a longer story than Princess Magnolia's delightful adventures.
February 17, 2023
From what little I know of the Diana/Nubia story, this seems to be a more understandable version of their birth/siblinghood. A fun story of sisters, with their rivalries and love, this is a cute story for your little warrior princess. Happy, colorful, bubbly illustrations tie it all together.
February 21, 2023
Diana met Nubia and it turns out they have the same mums (they have two mums). At the start they didn’t like each other. They made a deal with Hera to stay away from each other but after a while they got along.
November 13, 2022
This was so adorable and precious! It was a cute self-contained story about these two as twin sisters, and their adventure in saving their dimensions.
December 4, 2022
A solid story for younger readers, with great art, the movies could take ideas from here if they wanted to introduce Nubia - well plotted and executed little tale
December 21, 2022
I love Nubia, so I was glad to see a DC Kids book with her. I also really enjoyed Hale's previous Diana DC Kids book, so this was an easy pick. Delightful with lovely art.
December 27, 2022
Loved seeing young Nubia and Diana together
January 12, 2023
Cute and fun
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January 29, 2023Lydia and Layla read this book and also read the first one. They really liked this book!
February 1, 2023
Not bad, especially considering I don't know the lore
February 2, 2023
Shut up you’re crying.
It’s so stupid cute and is a great story about friendship and sisterhood.
It’s so stupid cute and is a great story about friendship and sisterhood.
February 4, 2023
This follow-up graphic novel is a nice twist on the multiverse concept. The author is reliably good and the art is excellent. Kids will love this and it will be popular in my library.
March 6, 2023
An excellent multi-verse tale of young Wonder Woman, showing what can happen when worlds collide - and it isn't necessarily bad.
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March 16, 2023Part of a DC Ink/DC Zoom review series. Review to come.
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