Avril Lavigne's Make 5 Wishes Volume 1 (Avril LaVigne's Make 5 Wishes Graphic Novels) (Paperback)

~ Camilla D'Errico (Creator), Joshua Dysart (Creator)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Hana is a lonely schoolgirl whose parents don't seem happy. She spends a lot of time fantasizing about meeting singer Avril Lavigne and admiring her classmate Brian from afar. At least she has Romeo, the wish-granting demon she ordered from Web site make5wishes.com. But is Romeo granting her wishes, or sowing chaos in her life? D'Errico and Dysart take the traditional be careful how you wish plot down a dark corner, as Hana wishes for her parents to be happy—and Romeo reveals an affair, breaking the family apart. Hana also wishes for Brian to notice her, and he does. But how will that go awry? Hana faces physical danger and emotional turmoil as Romeo whips her life out of shape. Hurtling toward a dark cliffhanger, this story will appeal to Avril fans and manga devotees, but also to more mainstream fantasy readers. The clever page layouts and excellent line work make this series easy to follow. Hana's classmates look completely familiar while Romeo comes off as terrifying, yet somehow cute. Though the plot is scary and sad, preteen girls will hang on to see what Romeo does next—and how Hana copes with it. (July)
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From Booklist

Lonely, smart Hana, uninspired by school and destined to fade into the background, comes alive only when she hangs out with her imaginary version of pop-star Avril Lavigne, who helps Hana block out her parents' crumbling marriage and her classmates' scorn. Then, along comes Romeo, part demon and part genie, who grants five wishes—which begin to come true in disastrous and dangerous ways. The ending feels more like advertisement than inspiration, but this dark, cautionary tale has a few dramatic teeth. Most memorable, though, is the spooky art, which demonstrates some evocative color choices. Brenner, Robin --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey (April 10, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 034550058X
• ISBN-13: 978-0345500588
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #489,489 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars MAKE 5 WISHES, April 17, 2007

A Kid's Review

This is a really good comic book.
Im not an avril fan, but I do love Manga. This book has excellent pictures, good length, great characters.
Best comic book out there in my opinion, dont wait to buy it, its great and you'll love it!

I cant wait till Volume 2!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A dark but somehow enchanting caution tale., May 15, 2008

By	R. Jensen "'s daughter Lisa Jensen" (Nebraska, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Avril Lavigne's Make 5 Wishes Volume 2 (Avril LaVigne's Make 5 Wishes Graphic Novels) (Paperback)

Well the ending was basically spoiled for me by one of the reviews on here, but even so I couldn't wait to get this book. It was everything I expected uit to be, and more. This review will contain spoilers, so please do not say I didn't warn you.

Hana makes her wishes, thinking they'll turn out just like in those fantasy movies where you tell the genie your wish and POOF! the wish comes true. She doesn't think about how these wishes will come true, and thus is crushed when, because of her wish for her parents' happiness, her parents end up splitting up. The wish demon explains that her father will now be with the other woman and be happy, while after time passes her mother will move on and find someone she'll love, and neither will be trapped in a loveless marriage. But of course, Hana never thought things through like that, and was still unhappy. And time after time, Hana goes through tragedy because of what she wished for and when she makes her last wish, to meet Avril in real life, she thinks the demon tricked her when she ends up dressed as Avril and looking almost just like her, thus being a real life Avril. And rather than live through all this tragedy and rise above it, like she was meant to, she jumps off a bridge to try and get rid of her mistakes and of the wish demon. The wish demon never wanted her to kill herself, and tells her that she was suppose to live in the end. He had never tricked her, giving her exactly what she wished for, even meeting Avril (who was in disguise at the time so Hana didn't realize it). By the end there's a chance she survived, but it's never explicitly stated that she survived.

The moral to this tale, in my opinion, is this:
-Things do not always turn out how you planned. What you want and what you wish for may be two different things. But just because something bad happens, that's no reason to quit. What you have to do is live through the bad times and rise through the tragedies that life has. If you give up on life just because of the bad, you'll never live to enjoy the good the future might bring.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Probably only for Avril fans, December 16, 2007

By	Tacitus (New Zealand) - See all my reviews

I really enjoyed reading this manga; however, that's probably because I'm a fan of Avril Lavigne. Overall it's amusing for just a few minutes.

Based on trite melancholic themes, it's about a lonely pre-teen girl, lost in a headphone haze from listening to too Avril Lagivne, who uses five wishes given to her from a demon to make her happier and more popular.

Despite the cheesiness, Avril Lavigne herself is written into the 2nd volume in an ending I didn't foresee.