cleopatra in space target practice book one mike maihack

She’s being pursued by cute aliens that resemble a cross between Ewoks and Stitch (as in Lilo & Stitch), but makes a daring escape by jumping on to her flying space bike shaped like the Great Sphinx of Giza, complete with a sidecar for her taking cat companion, and flies off.įrom there, we flash back to Cleopatra’s home time period, where she is suffering through a boring algebra lesson on the day of her 15th birthday.

Maihack’s debut graphic novel opens in medias res with youg Cleo, looking like one might imagine an ancient Egyptian teenage girl to look from the neck up, but wearing a short red, Star Trek-esque dress and clutching a laser pistol and a metal cube covered in glowing circuitry patterns. The series has earned him a Florida Book Award, a YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers selection, a starred review from School Library Journal, and a wealth of sharable knowledge about sequential storytelling.It’s oft-fictionalized historical figure Cleopatra as you’ve never seen her! Not only does cartoonist Mike Maihack focus on the character when she’s a tomboy-ish 15-year-old girl more interested in slingshots that royal duties, and still a long way off from the seductive presence once portrayed by Elizabeth Taylor or the Ancient World romantic entanglements that have helped define her pop culture presence, he also removes her pretty far from Ancient Egypt, as the “In Space” part of the title no doubt clued you in (And if that didn’t, surely the alien, ray guns and spaceships on the cover did). MIKE MAIHACK is the creator of the Cleopatra in Space graphic novels published by Scholastic/Graphix.

With help from her teacher Khensu, Cleo learns what it takes to be a great leader, all while trying to figure out how she's going to get her homework done, make friends, and avoid detention! She enrolls in Yasiro Academy, a high-tech school with classes like algebra, biology, and alien languages (which Cleo could do without), and combat training (which is more Cleo's style). When a young 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. A funny, action-packed graphic novel featuring a young Cleopatra - yes, THAT Cleopatra - who's transported to the future and learns it's up to her to save the galaxy!

Cleopatra in space target practice book one mike maihack