Cleopatra in Space: Target Practice Journalism Life in Brooklyn takes a

Life in Brooklyn takes a strange twist for Effie as she learns more about her family and herself

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Jaakko Pallasvuo tells the convoluted and beautiful drama in the face of oblivion with stunning colors and visual and literal innovations in the way that are only possible in contemporary comics

Cleopatra in Space: Target Practice Journalism Life in Brooklyn takes aBy Mike Maihack. Published by Scholastic. Softcover, 176 pages, Colour, 2014. When fifteen year old Cleopatra (yes, THAT Cleopatra) finds a mysterious tablet that zaps her to the far, REALLY far future, she learns of an ancient prophecy that says she is destined to save the galaxy from the tyrannical rule of the evil Xaius Octavian. She enrolls in Yasiro Academy, a high tech school with classes like algebra, biology, and alien languages (which Cleo