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One Trick Pony
One Trick Pony | Nathan Hale
9 posts | 12 read | 9 to read
The aliens have arrived. And theyre hungry for electricity. In the Earth of the future, humans are on the run from an alien forcegiant blobs who suck up electrical devices wherever they can find them. Strata and her family are part of a caravan of digital rescuers, hoping to keep the memory of civilization alive by saving electronics wherever they can. Many humans have reverted to a pre-electrical age, and others have taken advantage of the invasion to become dangerous bandits and outlaws. When Strata and her brother are separated from the caravan, they must rely on a particularly beautiful and rare robot pony to escape the outlaws and aliensand defeat the invaders once and for all.
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TieDyeDude
One Trick Pony | Nathan Hale
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Very cool story, trippy art. This could be categorized YA, or maybe even middle grade, which took it down a notch for me, because it would have been better a little more mature. Some of the humor was very contrived. Things like one guy is always hungry, and even when his life is threatened, he's just thinking of food. However, an excellent concept and a good read.

Johanna414 This one is really popular with my middle schoolers! 2y
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Robotswithpersonality
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It's a classic, oft told tale/formula for a reason. Mankind gets too techie, bad aliens come, humans survive the apocalypse, work to preserve their heritage, humans ultimately saved by good robot sacrifice. It bears repeating for everything it should make us reevaluate and treasure in the present day.

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rachelsbrittain
One Trick Pony | Nathan Hale
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A stunningly illustrated graphic novel about technology and an alien invasion as well as one truly incredible mechanical pony. In a world where alien invaders called "Pipers" (as in the Pied Piper story) eat all forms of technology, a group of kids and their moving town try to outrun the aliens before they can destroy the last of the worlds tech.

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Johanna414
One Trick Pony | Nathan Hale
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I loved the artwork in this, and thought it was a really cool premise. I hope Nathan Hale continues this story!

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Johanna414
One Trick Pony | Nathan Hale
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I unintentionally coordinated my lunch time books with my outfit today...

Cinfhen That's pretty impressive!!! 7y
ReadingVampire That is awesome!!! 💛💛💛 7y
LibrarianRyan So cool. 7y
ReadingRover Ghost was a great book! 7y
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abbylibrarian
One Trick Pony | Nathan Hale
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16 hours of reading and just finished this delightful sci-fi graphic novel, my fourth book of the #readathon! #24in48

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emtobiasz
One Trick Pony | Nathan Hale
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Dystopian children's graphic novel about a world that has been taken over by machinery-eating aliens. Strata' family tries to salvage any metal they find and save it from the aliens. When she finds a robotic horse, it sets off a sequence of events that will change the world. Beautiful three-color art (black, blue, and yellow). 🖤💙💛

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faelinwolf
One Trick Pony | Nathan Hale
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I liked this graphic novel & its art. The black & white with only yellow for the pony & the pipers was really cool. However, the dialogue was so tiny! I feel really old because it was hard for me to read!

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kathyellendavis
One Trick Pony | Nathan Hale
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I love Nathan Hale's style and this is a fun fantasy graphic novel. Graphic novels can be tricky to read as arcs, because sometimes the final art is not done, and they're in black-and-white. I really like how Nathan played around with this in the actual art! He put "OK really need to finish this," or "hey it's black-and-white so you can color it! " The story takes place in a time where aliens are taking all the technology from us. MG.

alanacristin Ohh, talk to me about getting arcs of graphic novels 😍😍😍 8y
Daisydo That cover is beautiful! They are bugs, right? 8y
kathyellendavis @alanacristin I'm a big graphic novel reader, so when they come in at the bookstore I work at, they basically get handed to me! 8y
kathyellendavis @Daisydo they are bug/aliens? But mostly bugs I think? 8y
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