The Girl Who Owned a City
The Graphic Novel

I read this book in elementary school and loved it. Even the premise for this book is really unique. Children often dream of a world without parents and without rules, but this book puts an entirely different spin on that sort of world by making it dangerous and scary. Lisa was such a powerful charac......more

I read this in junior high. I can't remember a lot of details, just certain specific incidents come back to me at different times. Sometimes I think - remember when that girl in that book went to the grocery store and was glad the gang members hadn't taken the medicine, just the potato chips? Or, re......more

Oh, this book. The eight-year-old me who first discovered it would give it a 5-star rating. Twelve year old me would probably put it at 3. And as an adult, I want to give it a 1. So, I have given it a 2, overall. This book is why I became interested in dystopian fiction. It is also why, as other revi......more

2021-10-02 I am surprised I have not reviewed this book before, since I love it and it has meant so much to me over the years. But a good friend mentioned that he loved the copy I gave him 25+ years ago and wanted to get a copy for his kids who are 6 & 8 now last night, so I knew I had to write up a......more

I've been looking for this book forever. All I could remember is reading an older book about a city where the adults died and the kids had to survive. Finally found it! I checked this book out over and over and over and over and over from the library when I was in middle school. Loved it. Was addict......more