And it is a world in which two girls can fall for each other, and be teased for their geekiness, not their gender. But there are also magical forests, school proms, and first kisses.
There are problems: When the Staircase, a frontier planet, refused to sell its resources or join a treaty, that section of the galaxy was made “illegal.” There are annoying bureaucrats and school bullies. Refreshingly, the setting is neither a utopia nor a dystopia. Slowly, readers learn how they became separated and how they might be reunited. Mia arrives on the spaceship alone, without Grace. As with many dual narratives, part of the plot and mystery of the book is how the two story lines connect. The narrative hops between the crew’s adventures and Mia’s memories of her time at an elite boarding school, where she fell for a girl named Grace. Mia has joined a crew that travels through outer space, documenting and repairing old buildings. These are the first three panels of On a Sunbeam, Tillie Walden’s new graphic novel-the tale of a girl and her interplanetary journey. A fish-shaped spaceship flying toward a gothic tower.
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