He lives and works in the Shenandoah Valley with his wife and their boisterous pack of daughters. Pros: This graphic novel retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk has all the adventure, compelling characters, and fantastic artwork to make it irresistible to middle grade readers. Ben Hatke is the author and illustrator of the New York Times-bestselling Zita the Spacegirl trilogy, the picture books Julia’s House for Lost Creatures and Nobody Likes a Goblin, and the graphic novels Little Robot and Mighty Jack. Readers will have to wait for the next installment to see if they will be successful. But complete destruction seems impossible, and by the end of this book, Maddie’s been carried off by a garden monster, and Lilly and Jack are arming themselves to go after her. Sold by First Second 4.3 star 19 reviews Ebook 208 Pages familyhome Eligible info 9.99 Ebook Free sample About this ebook arrowforward Jack.After a gigantic snail almost crushes Maddie, Jack has had enough, and tries to burn the entire garden. Jack might be the only kid in the world whos dreading summer.
Before long, the two kids have created a garden of plants that come to life in more ways than one, and that attracts both the neighbor girl, Lilly, and a talking dragon. Buy Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke for 30.00 at Mighty Ape NZ.
The next day, Maddie is outside at the crack of dawn, digging up the backyard to plant the seeds. MPS Paperback Ages 8+ It would have been a normal, boring summer.had Jack not sold his mothers car for a box of mysterious seeds. Needless to say, this doesn’t go over too well with Mom. Hatke, Ben / Mighty Jack and Zita the Spacegirl (Mighty Jack 3). At a flea market, an unsavory vendor (with the help of Maddie, speaking for the first time) trades Jack a box of seeds for the keys to his mother’s car. Summary: Jack’s summer is not looking too great: he’s expected to take care of his autistic sister Maddie while his single mom struggles to make ends meet with two jobs.
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