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Nimona
Everyone keeps calling you a monster. What if they're the problem? 🦈 Nimona gets it.
Who it's for
Nimona, a shapeshifter who invites herself to be the sidekick of disgraced knight Ballister Blackheart, starts as a comic romp and deepens into a story about being feared and hunted for what you are.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Nimona is ND Stevenson's graphic novel, first published as a webcomic on Tumblr from 2012 to 2014 and released in print by HarperCollins in 2015. Nimona, a shapeshifter, becomes the self-appointed sidekick of Ballister Blackheart, a disgraced knight trying to bring down the controlling Institution. Opposing them is the Institution's champion Ambrosius Goldenloin, with whom Blackheart has a complicated history.
Where to find it
In print from HarperCollins (HarperTeen), widely in libraries (Libby/Hoopla). Not public domain. An animated film adaptation is on Netflix (2023).
Before you start
Heads up: Fantasy violence with civilian deaths.
Age: Ages 12+
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” Leaves of Grass
