In the first book, Jack buys some magic beans, grows a garden full of other-worldly creatures, and goes on some serious adventures with his neighbor, Lilly, and his autistic sister, Maddy. Sophie: A good representation of the story, with the goblins and the rats, and Lilly still wearing the wedding dress from when she almost got married to the goblin king, which I liked. Of course, the goblins are their allies, so that doesn’t actually happen, but still. Jack and Maddy are understandably nervous here, while Lilly looks like she’s deciding which head is going to go on her wall. Talky Talk: And They Lived Happily Ever After Until the Sequelīrian: We really get a clue as to who the hero of this volume is. Testosterone/Estrogen Level: She Drives a Mustang He lives and works in the Shenandoah Valley with his wife and their boisterous pack of daughters.Drinking Buddy: All Hail Her Majesty, The King! Very mighty indeed.- Kirkus, starred review With expert visual storytelling, an empowering team of kid adventurers, and a tantalizing cliff-hanger, this series starter will easily please Hatke's legion of followers.- BooklistĪbout the Author 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. Entertainment Weekly This first in a series flourishes up to its nail-biting cliffhanger: expect interest for the subsequent offering to positively bloom. Ben Hatke has a knack for writing stories that focus on smart, young characters who become caught up with robots, mythical creatures, and alien invasions.
Included in School Library Journal's Best of 2016 list. In Mighty Jack, what starts as a normal little garden out back behind the house quickly grows up into a wild, magical jungle with tiny onion babies running amok, huge, pink pumpkins that bite, and, on one moonlit night that changes everything.a dragon. It's the best mistake Jack has ever made. But then, one day at the flea market, Maddy does talk-to tell Jack to trade their mom's car for a box of mysterious seeds. It's a lot of responsibility, and it's boring, too, because Maddy doesn't talk. 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. Jack might be the only kid in the world who's dreading summer. About the Book Ben Hatke, the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Zita the Spacegirl, returns to middle-grade fantasy-adventure with the first of two graphic novels retelling Jack and the Beanstalk.
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