Squire

Inspired by Arab countries’ culture and history, this upper middle-grade graphic novel features lots of knights and women with swords, while tackling important issues of colonialism, imperialism and oppression, with gorgeous illustrations. Loved it!

Glad I could pick it up here as it is not available in bookstores.

A história e principalmente a arte dele não decepciona em nenhum momento. Só a entrega que não atualizava por 2 meses, mas no final chegou e deu tudo certo

La historia es interesante, las ilustraciones son maravillosas y la calidad del libro en verdad es muy bella, el libro llegó rapidísimo y no podría estar más feliz con todo, lo compré porque las ilustraciones son de una artista que admiro mucho y no me decepcionó, muy bello

This was a great story about a young girl who has a dream and chases after it. Born into a tribe that is looked down upon within the newly united country and unable to escape being identified as belonging to that tribe of peoples due to their tradition of tattooing themselves, Aiza has known a great deal of struggle in her short life. Even so, she has a great deal of love for her country and wants to join the army and become a squire, and eventually a knight, so that she can become a hero for her country. But what will happen when she actually gets into the army and begins training? Will her dreams come true?I really liked the friendships that Aiza develops with the other recruits during training, as well as with the janitor. She has such a big heart and that really came through in the story. If the authors decide to continue the story in a sequel, I do hope that we learn more about Basem. He was certainly the most conflicted at the end - and I definitely understand why - that I would love to learn what happens to him after this story and whether or not he is able to come to terms with the new state of things.This was a beautiful story, accompanied by beautiful artwork, set in a country that is similar to the middle east. It was really nice to see a fantasy story in which the brown people weren't automatically the bad guys, with white people being the saviors. I do hope these authors continue to write and illustrate more stories like this, because the fantasy genre is richer for it.This book is definitely worth and read, and the story and artwork make it worth a re-read, as well.

Squire was such a joy to read, it had me tearing up and laughing all at the same time. I think it’s such a great coming of age and eye opening story.Not to mention it’s absolutely beautiful. The characters are so vibrant

Squire is truly a grandiose book.Weaving an interesting tale - combining great action scenes, lots of jokes and powerful themes - about the appeal of heroism, the truth about history and the pain of growing up in a brutal world, the book is beautifully illustrated by Sara Alfageeh (go follow her on Twitter for gorgeous selfies and countless great drawings).The ending is definitive enough, that you don’t feel like it’s missing something, but leaves enough potential if Nadia Shammas and Sara Alfageeh decide to let us journey once more into this world. I would definitely love to read/see more of it.Once the story is finished, Sara Alfageeh allows us some view behind the curtain, with extra informations on the background of some characters and a breakdown of how a pages comes to life.Thank you to all the people who help to create this piece of art.