Jacks plan to impress the new girl in town goes hilariously wrong in this companion novel to Batchelder-winning Brown, illustrated by outstanding Norwegian cartoonist yvind Torseter.The trio of friends from Batchelder-winnning Brown is back, this time following the adventures of Jack. When a new girl moves to town, Jack is determined to impress and befriend her. The only problem? Her moms supposedly a famous singer, and shell only stick around if she can find some celebrity friends. So Jack hatches a plan to land himself in the newspaper: hes going to rescue the chairmans prize-winning hen. Of course, that means he has to borrow it first. But when the borrowed hen then goes missing, Jack finds himself in some serious trouble. Hes going to need some superhero help to find the missing hen and set things right.Enter Black Jacks superhero alter egoto the rescue! Along with his faithful companions Brown and Blue, of course. While Brown and Blue might not completely understand what has happened or why theyre involved, neither does Jack, really. But theyre ready for action and raring to go! An endearing and playful middle grade book about friendship, fame, and fun.The second book in Hkon vres' award-winningMy Alter Ego Is A Superherotrilogy,Blackcan also be enjoyed as a stand-alone novel. Black is illustrated throughout by one of Norways greatest cartoonist, yvind Torseter.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called My Alter Ego Is a Superhero .

This book is aimed at children at US 3rd grade-6th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 200 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 2023 by Enchanted Lion Books .

Brown was Hakon Ovrea s' first book for children and received numerous awards, including the Norwegian Ministry of Culture's Literature Prize in 2013. The translation rights for Brown have been sold to 30 languages. He has also written several collections of poetry for adults. Oyvind Torseter is an artist and one of Norway's most acclaimed illustrators. He employs both traditional and digital picture techniques and has created six picture books on his own and many others with different authors. Torseter has received numerous prizes for his books, which have been translated into many languages. My Father's Arms Are A Boat (Enchanted Lion Books, 2012) was his first book to be published in the United States. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Kari Dickson grew up bilingually, as her mother is Norwegian and her grandparents could not speak English. She holds a B. A. in Scandinavian studies and an M. A. in translation.