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A review by thisgrrlreads
Sci-Fu by Yehudi Mercado
3.0
Rapping kids from Brooklyn wind up on another planet with their Uncle Rashad, and it turns out that Wax has got some sort of connection to this planet, making him into a sci-fu warrior. All the battles include rap in some way or another, one of the fabulous girls who accidentally come along turns out to save the day because of her connection to this weird planet of Discopia.
This is definitely not a complete enough story to be the best book ever for me, but it's got lots of hilarious rhymes, it's got black kids in the city in a sci-fi story, Pirate Polly (our girl who saves the day) has an eye patch....but also the nickname (or name?) Pirate Polly....but also the love of Wax? I think there is a lot of fun to be had in reading this book, and I'm grateful for some of the representation, even if it isn't done quite as thoughtfully as I'd like. There is a lot of background about these characters that isn't shown in the book, although the story in the book is fairly complete, including the rules of Discopia, so maybe it just didn't make it into this slim action graphic novel.
I'm also curious if younger kids will get the rhymes the same way I did--some are completely out of the 80s/90s. It does have a playlist in the back though.
This is definitely not a complete enough story to be the best book ever for me, but it's got lots of hilarious rhymes, it's got black kids in the city in a sci-fi story, Pirate Polly (our girl who saves the day) has an eye patch....but also the nickname (or name?) Pirate Polly....but also the love of Wax? I think there is a lot of fun to be had in reading this book, and I'm grateful for some of the representation, even if it isn't done quite as thoughtfully as I'd like. There is a lot of background about these characters that isn't shown in the book, although the story in the book is fairly complete, including the rules of Discopia, so maybe it just didn't make it into this slim action graphic novel.
I'm also curious if younger kids will get the rhymes the same way I did--some are completely out of the 80s/90s. It does have a playlist in the back though.