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Yasmina and the Potato Eaters: Part 1
by
Wauter Mannaert
72 pages
Published
March 20th 2019
by Europe Comics
Original Title: Yasmina et les mangeurs de patates
ASIN: B07NY98PPD
Edition Language: English
Series Yasmina and the Potato Eaters #1
Sinopsis: Eleven‐year‐old Yasmina and her dad lead a modest life in a small city apartment. Luckily, the food-loving Yasmina can whip up just about anything in the kitchen, with an assist from her edible herb books and her friends from the community garden. That is, until the day the garden disappears, bulldozed and replaced by a field of potatoes that are both experimental... and completely addictive! The only solution is for Yasmina to track down and eradicate the source of the problem. A fun and colorful tale for all ages.
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Cautionary tale - be careful with what you eat.
Yasmina is an 11 years old muslim girl living with her widowed father who works in a fast food chain. Yasmina loves to cook. Her dream is to become a chef, a vegan chef, so she reads about herbs and veggies , and her friends help her with free vegetables from their vegetable gardens.
But soon there will be great difficulties when everyone seems to lose their heads when a commercial product floods the market. Yasmine struggles to survive without supplies and tries to solve things on her own. Soon it seems that she must require the help of her friends to be able to solve everything that is happening.
There is a recurring theme about healthy eating, about pesticides , and the genetic manipulation of our food. Non GMO-friendly certainly. I can only approve.
There is humor to deal with the subject, and it does not become heavy. There is also dynamism in the scenes.
What I did not like was that the story treats so lightly that Yasmina resorts to /SPILERS---->theft to feed her father and
her. It is obvious that the money does not reach them, but she never
talks to her father, nor does her father seem to realize the fact.<----SPOILERS/
It's recommended for +12.
Apparently, the original volume in French was divided into two parts, so this edition ends unfinished, and concludes in the second installment.
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