A reasonable fist at a pre-teen mystery comic, featuring two friends at summer camp, ignoring how poorly they do at the camp contests, because they're too busy helping others. The bonus adventure here, in issue four, is where we first actually hear of them being called Cash and Carry, for we're never told whether it's their surnames or anything before then. This is a slight little tale regarding a family heirloom of a cookery book that goes missing. The fifth issue is rubbish – just cut-outs of their school newspaper, which gives us nothing, beyond representation – Asian characters, wheel-chaired archers, and so on. That's all well and good, but if we come for story we get a main camp-based drama, and little else, and that's rather full of loose ends, bits that don't make sense and other illogicalities. Passable entertainment only, then, and three stars at most for the target audience.

Second book in the escapades of Dallas Cash and Inez Carrie. I enjoyed this one a little more than the first one, it seemed to flow better. The kids are at summer camp and hey, totally reminded me of a younger version of [book:Lumberjanes #1|25088104]! Another cute, easy to read addition to this series.

*thank you to Netgalley, Diamond Book Distributors and Shawn Pryor for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*


2 stars.

This is more of a miss for me than a hit. It is very obvious it's book two in a series because it begins in what feels like the middle of a scene. I didn't let this interfere with my rating of it but it is something to keep in mind if you have just picked up this copy without having read the first.

I found this to be lacking in entertainment. It was a bit too boring for the most part. It didn't really have much of a story and the characters just didn't interest me. 

The illustrations are average, neither great or awful. The colouring was probably the best part. I can't see this being a major success with people. I don't recommend it unless you did like the first in the series.

While this wasn’t the best graphic novel that I’ve read, I did enjoy parts of it. I think that I may have lost a little context of the book because I didn’t read the first volume but I did enjoy how the book explored concepts of friendship. The main characters were really compassionate towards the characters who were having trouble with the individual who was attempting to sabotage the color wars. I wish that the author would have explored why one of the characters even wanted to sabotage the color wars. It was glossed over and the reader never gets the opportunity to understand the motive behind why the character wanted to potentially hurt other characters to win. I also didn’t enjoy the fact that the art changed once the kids got back to school. I’m not sure if this is because it isn’t published yet but it wasn’t consistent with the first part of the book so even the main characters look different. I would recommend this to middle grade students that I encounter at the library.

It was really cute. I loved the whole summer camp chapters.

I was confused about why the graphic novel was called "Cash & Carrie" until about the 75% mark, when it is revealed it is Dallas' and Inez's last names.

This is vol 2, so this may have been addressed on vol 1, which I have not read.

The artwork is lovely. Bright and vibrant. It's great to see such racial diversity as well. Towards the end, we did have a character in a wheelchair, I loved seeing the rep as well.

Overall, I give this a 3.5 out of 5 rating.
This is something my youngest son would be interested in.

Thank you to Shawn Pryor and Diamond Book Distributors via NetGalley for allowing me to read and review this graphic novel for the masses.

'Cash & Carrie Book 2' by Shawn Pryor, Giulie Speziani, Marcus Kwame Anderson, Chris & Gin is my first look at this series for young readers.

The main story is about a bunch of middle school students away at camp. The camp is having a competition, and the kids are divided in to teams, but someone is sabotaging the teams. There are mysterious emails and bee attacks. All signs point to one kid who is super competitive and eager to win, but could it be him or someone else?

It fits a need for readers in the 3rd and 4th grade. The story is fine. The art is fine too. If you've got a kid in your life who likes comics, you can't go wrong with this.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Action Lab Entertainment, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

I am sorry, but I just can't read this one. I tried, and it does seem quite fun, but that big copyright stuff that is ALL OVER THE PAGES, not once in a corner or somewhere that is still slightly visible, but numerous sentences all over the page is just way too distracting for me to enjoy the story or the characters.

Can publisher please put a note somewhere that there is a big copyright/watermark thing all over the pages? Because this isn't the first book I came across with this problem, and it is just a shame that I have to drop books because of this.

Story-wise, I love a camp mystery story. I would rate that a 4 star.

Probably 3.5 but I've rounded it up. This is the second in the Cash and Carrie Summer Sleuths series, but it's the first one I've read. Dallas Cash and Inez Carrie are middle school students who go to summer camp with their friends. The students are divided into four teams to compete for a prize at the end of camp. However, someone seems to be sabotaging the competition. There are also a couple of creepy things happening. Is Bigfoot still alive, can Cash and Carrie find the culprit and will the most deserving team win?

This is a really sweet story with good values. The students work together to try to find out what's happening and there's a message about the importance of trying and having fun regardless of whether you win. There are a few times when one of the characters has to forgo their own chances of winning so they can help another. The illustrations are also really good. I also liked the fact that children of different ethnic groups are portrayed (e.g. African American, Asian, Hispanic and European). A student in a wheelchair also appears in one frame, so I liked the inclusivity.

I didn't think the 'scary' bit about a possible Bigfoot really worked. It wasn't that scary and I almost missed the explanation of what was really happening. The camp counsellor was a bit wishy-washy and seemed to be more concerned that she got a good report rather than really looking after the kids. Although I liked the good values, it was perhaps a little too sweet at times and the flow between some sections could have been better, but it was generally good.

The main story goes for several chapters. Then there's an additional shorter story with different artwork. That story was okay, but a bit basic. There was also another section which took me a while to get the hang of. I initially thought it was another short story, but it was more like a school newspaper with snippets of information. I didn't find that one all that engaging.

This graphic novel is aimed at children around 8-12 years. If you're looking for a nice, wholesome story with good art, it's worth a look.

This is a fun graphic novel with colorful art. I would gladly make it the center of a cool reading experience for a young student, and I would gladly add it to my classroom library.