Thank you ABRAMS Kids, Abrams Fanfare, and NetGalley for the advanced electronic review copy of this book. This is a second book in the Super Boba Cafe series and here Aria and Nainai are back, trying to help get the ancient monster home. More of the same great characters, more action, and definitely more boba. The ending hints at another volume, so am cautiously optimistic. Looking forward to the next volume!

5/5⭐️

Thank you to NetGalley and Abrams Kids for the ARC copy of this book!

We were so excited to be approved for Super Boba Café No. 2 because the first Super Boba Café was one of my 10-year-old’s favorite books. When he found out there was a second one—and that he got to read it early—he was really, really excited!

From the mind of a 10 year old:

“This book was really, really, really, really, really, really, really good! My favorite part was when Rano made it back to the ocean. That moment was so exciting and satisfying. The whole story was fun, and i honestly don’t think anything could’ve been done better.

The illustrations were super colorful and full of detail—they made the book even more fun to read. I finished it all in one sitting because the story was so capturing I just couldn’t stop!

It ended on a big cliffhanger that has me super excited for book number three! There were two mysterious shadows who said, “We need your help,” but we don’t know who they are. It left me full of questions and wanting more right away.”

We loved everything about this book—definitely 5 out of 5 stars!

Quirky and fun sequel to Super Boba Cafe with a great segue at the end for a third. Brilliant color pallet and adorable illustrations will draw readers into this fantastical adventurous graphic novel.

I would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review. Again we follow Aria; a 13 year old girl heading to San Francisco to visit her grandma who owns a boba shop. She is having nightmares abut a sea monster and she needs some help from her grandma and her friend Jay. This is another cute little story and will be interested to read the next volume.

"Home Sea Home" is the second graphic novel in the middle grade "Super Boba Cafe" series by Nidhi Chanani. Aria is having nightmares and thinks that she needs to go back to San Francisco and Nainai to help the monster beneath the city. She discovers that she has developed new water powers since the last time she interacted with the monster, but she can't fully control them yet. An exciting story about family, support, and believing in yourself, this is a must buy where the first book is popular.

I read and enjoyed the first Super Boba Cafe, and was pleased to read the second book in the series. The mystery deepens as Aria develops magical powers, and has recurring nightmares once she is back home. The solution reached in the first book is still working at Nainai's cafe in San Francisco, but Aria senses something must be amiss.

In this adventure, they meet and converse with the monster, with a goal of helping him with the root of his problem. There are important life lessons, such as when Nainai tells Aria that she is stronger than she thinks and compares her challenges to her own challenges as a young single mother.

Readers will enjoy the supernatural, sweet, and mysterious story with familiar characters and new adventures!

I recommend this book for schools and libraries!