An exciting middle-grade graphic novel about best friends, giant robots, and monsters from another universe!In Dan McCloskeys debut graphic novel, best friends Pen and Olive live in Cloud Town, an impoverished community on Floating Island, a mysterious landmass that drifts above the earth and happens to sit dangerously close to the Ripa tear in the fabric of the universe. No big deal or anything.While Pen is brash and brave, Olive is quiet, kind, and also fearful of bullies at school. That is, at least until the day they are nearly squashed by a Care Corp Storm Catcher, a giant android built to protect Cloud Town and the rest of Floating Island from Hurricanes, monsters that travel across the Rip. It isnt the event itself that changes the girls relationship. It isnt the fear of death that drives them apart, or the questionable decision-making that leads Pen to drag Olive into the cab of the crashed robot. Its the fact that Olive can move the 90-foot-tall machine and Pen cant. Care Corp recruits Olive to train as a pilot, so that she can protect Floating Island when the next attack comes. Its a role reversal, for which neither of the girls are prepared.McCloskeys original art style shines in this wild adventureit sets the tone for a story that is not only filled with fantastic monsters and mad science, but also the journey of two friends growing up and growing apart in a border town on the edge of the possible.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book has been graded for interest at 10-14 years.

There are 224 pages in this book.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).

This book was published in 2022 by Abrams .