![]() ![]() ![]() This includes the pivotal point when Diana is introduced to the outside world. What’s so tantalizing about this book is that it stays true to Diana’s roots and origins while building a superhero for the times.įrom the very start, Bardugo is determined to put her own spin on Diana’s story. ![]() This new adaptation, written by Leigh Bardugo, author of Six of Crows and the Shadow and Bone trilogy, explores Diana’s teen years before anyone had heard the name Wonder Woman. I was also ecstatic to learn the first in the series was Wonder Woman: Warbringer. ![]() So years later, when Random House announced DC Icons, a series pairing beloved comic book characters with best-selling young adult authors such as Leigh Bardugo and Marie Lu, I enthusiastically waited to see what stories would be crafted for our teen heroes. As a girl who cried when she read a sad story but also punched a boy in the face when he grabbed the zipper of my jumper, Wonder Woman was an idol I needed. She was kind, empathetic, powerful and ferocious, two sides of the coin in a time when girls are taught they can be feminine or ferocious, but never both. I was inspired by characters like Hermione Granger, but Wonder Woman always represented a dual side of feminity that I rarely saw. And my favorite comic book character was Wonder Woman. Growing up, my days were spent immersed in books and comic books. ![]()
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