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Both Max and Max’s mother are present when Raven’s supernatural situation gets out of hand. Her foster mother/aunt is just as supportive. Max is very involved in helping Raven with her memory loss, her newfound abilities (as far as we know because of the memory loss), and her budding romance with the other new kid at school.

Teens and young adults will be relate to Raven’s internal conflicts and her external conflicts as she navigates high school life and first love.įamily plays a large role in the story. Raven’s struggle to figure out her identity is further complicated by the strange things happening around her, such as her ability to hear other peoples’ thoughts and the way things she wishes to happen become reality. It’s also easier to take because comics have a precedence of introducing alternate worlds and because I knew the premise going in (thanks to the synopsis and various author interviews).įollowing the accident that takes her foster mother’s life and Raven’s memory, Raven moves in with her “foster aunt,” who’s pushing to adopt her, and her foster aunt’s daughter Max. While I love the animated world of my childhood, I found the changes to be refreshing and interesting. Kami Garcia takes artistic liberties with the Teen Titans’ universe, bringing Raven to modern-day New Orleans and introducing new characters. As an introverted child who found it hard to express myself, I could relate most with Raven growing up. You can imagine then my joy when I learned that Teen Titans would be brought to us as a YA graphic novel-and that the first one would feature Raven. Superheroes remind us that there is something to believe in. Superheroes are about doing the right thing even when no one is looking and the odds are stacked against you. I still love superheroes, partly because of the nostalgia and partly because super heroes are about hope. In fact, it was my favorite superhero show because it featured a group that was closer to me in age. And when impossible things start happening, Raven begins to think it might even be better not to know who she was before.īut as she grows closer to her new friends, her foster sister, Max, and Tommy Torres, a guy who accepts her for who she is now, Raven has to decide if she's ready to face what's buried in the past.and the darkness building inside her.
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Raven remembers everyday stuff like how to solve math equations and make pasta, but she can't remember her favorite song or who she was before the accident. When a tragic accident takes the life of 17-year-old Raven Roth's foster mom-and Raven's memory-she moves to New Orleans to recover and finish her senior year of high school. Genres: Graphic Novel, Superheroes, Young Adult
