The Makers Club: Starting Up! (Book 2)

The Makers Club series is set in Pangolin Secondary School in Southeast Asia. The lighthearted series focuses on friendship, inclusiveness, and the importance of creativity in STEAM that is sure to inspire kids to explore, experiment, and have fun!

“The origin story of The Makers Club has captured well the anxieties of teen-hood, the discovery of self and the joy of making with a purpose. I am looking forward to buying multiple copies to share with the young people I love!”
—Dr. Loh Chin Ee, Teacher Educator and Reading Researcher at National Institute of Education

“I love how the characters are unique and how the people and the scenarios are relatable. Like, Aqi reminds me of how I need to choose a secondary school soon. And it is also cool that the book shows food I recognise, like mee rebus! And I like the colours of the whole book!”
—Shermane Lim, 12 year old

“I like how it combines the angst of starting secondary school, with a message of accepting friends who are different and who may have challenges going on in their lives. I also like how it shares the importance of not giving up your dreams or passions, even if other things are happening in your life.”
—Sarah Mounsey, Director of Libraries, Dulwich College Singapore

“Ticks all the boxes. This is a book young people will like.”
—CT Lim, country editor (Singapore) of the International Journal of Comic Art

Reimena Yee is an illustrator, writer, and designer. Hailing from the dusty metropolis of Kuala Lumpur, she once was a STEM student with the wish to enter academia, but left to pursue a passion for the world and all of the histories and cultures within it, which she weaves into her art and stories. She is the author-illustrator of the gothic comics, The World in Deeper Inspection, the Eisner and McDuffie-nominated The Carpet Merchant of Konstantiniyya, and Seance Tea Party. Elsewhere, she is the co-founder of UNNAMED, a comics collective that aims to build community and resources for visual-literary creators in Southeast Asia, through workshops, panels and partnerships. She can be found at www.reimenayee.com.

Philippine-born artist Tintin Pantoja graduated with a BFA in Cartooning and Illustration from the School of Visual Arts in NYC, having acquired a love of comics from early exposure to Hergé’s Tintin, Archie, and the X-Men. She has been illustrating comics since 2007. Among her works are adaptations of Hamlet, Pride and Prejudice, and the educational middle-grade Manga Math series. Most recently, she created Unplugged and Unpopular together with writer Mat Heagerty. She divides her time in Manila between making comics, caring for her four dogs, and scouting the web for fountain pens. You can see more of her work at www.tintinpantoja.com.