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CREEPY CASE FILES MARGO MALOO HC GN
(W) Drew Weing (A) Drew Weing (CA) Drew Weing
In the first volume of this new middle-grade series, Drew Weing delivers a fresh and funny take on the age-old battle between kids and closet-dwelling monsters. Charles wasn't too crazy about moving to a dilapidated apartment building in Echo City, and that was before he learned that it was teeming with monsters! It's a good thing the kids of Echo City have Margo Maloo, monster mediator. Using her expertise with trolls, ghosts, and vampires, Margo brokers a fragile peace between the monsters and kids. An avid blogger, Charles has stumbled onto the story of the century! Margo has sworn him to secrecy, but she doesn't mind him tagging along on her latest assignment.
MIGHTY JACK GN #1
(W) Ben Hatke (A) Ben Hatke (CA) Ben Hatke
Jack might be the only kid in the world who's dreading summer. But he's got a good reason: Summer is when his single mom takes a second job and leaves him at home to watch his autistic kid sister, Maddy. It's a lot of responsibility, and it's boring, too, because Maddy doesn't talk. Ever. But then, one day, she does talk. Maddy tells Jack in no uncertain terms to trade their mom's car for a box of magic beans. It's the best mistake Jack has ever made. The little garden behind his house is about to become home to tiny onion babies running amok, dangerous biting cabbages, and, in a fiery cliff-hanger at the end of this first volume: a dragon. Available in Softcover and Hardcover editions.
MIGHTY JACK HC GN #1
(W) Ben Hatke (A) Ben Hatke (CA) Ben Hatke
Jack might be the only kid in the world who's dreading summer. But he's got a good reason: Summer is when his single mom takes a second job and leaves him at home to watch his autistic kid sister, Maddy. It's a lot of responsibility, and it's boring, too, because Maddy doesn't talk. Ever. But then, one day, she does talk. Maddy tells Jack in no uncertain terms to trade their mom's car for a box of magic beans. It's the best mistake Jack has ever made. The little garden behind his house is about to become home to tiny onion babies running amok, dangerous biting cabbages, and, in a fiery cliff-hanger at the end of this first volume: a dragon.
QUIRKS QUEST GN #1
INTO OUTLANDS
(W) Robert Christie (A) Deborah Lang (CA) Deborah Lang
Setting out to explore the remote Outlands of Crutonia are the brave and multifarious crew of the H.M.S. Gwaniimander, under the command of Captain Quenterindy Quirk, a leader whose confidence exceeds his competence by several lengths of his own bushy tail. Quirk's voyage of discovery is quickly plunged into disaster and mystery, as the expedition encounters carnivorous giants, an unstable sorceress, and a valley of indestructible creatures. With the crew decimated, the ship destroyed, and a malign force plotting worse fortune, can Quirk and his compatriots hold together their royal mission? Vividly illustrated and starring a cunningly designed cast of characters, Into the Outlands is a tale of adventure in a fully-imagined fantasy world ripe for exploration.
VARMINTS GN
(W) Andy Hirsch (A) Andy Hirsch (CA) Andy Hirsch
Opie and Ned are adrift in the Old West, searching for the man who shot their Ma. These two youngsters only have each other, but with all their squabbling it's a miracle they still have that. When they get wind of the mysterious Pa ("crime kingpin of the West!"), Opie and Ned suddenly have something new: a mission. But tracking down the elusive (and deadly) Pa is going to take all the wiles these two kids have, and some new friends to boot. Clever, explosive, and deeply moving by turns, Varmints is a perfect middle-grade comedy. Hirsch brings an old-school Western style to bear on a story full of nuance, humor, and surprises.