Hilo Book 3: The Great Big Boom
Book Description
Calvin and Hobbes meets Big Nate meets Bone in HILO-the hilarious, action-packed New York Times Bestselling GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES kids AND critics love! "A Total BLAST," says the Miami Herald! Hilo may look like an ordinary kid, but he's DEFINITELY not! When we last saw Hilo, DJ, and Gina, Gina had been sucked into a mysterious portal to who knows where! But friends don't let frien...
More Calvin and Hobbes meets Big Nate meets Bone in HILO-the hilarious, action-packed New York Times Bestselling GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES kids AND critics love! "A Total BLAST," says the Miami Herald!
Hilo may look like an ordinary kid, but he's DEFINITELY not! When we last saw Hilo, DJ, and Gina, Gina had been sucked into a mysterious portal to who knows where! But friends don't let friends disappear into NOWHERE! It's up to D.J. and Hilo to follow her. Will there be danger? YES! Will there be amazing surprises? OF COURSE! Will Gina end up being the one to save them? DEFINITELY! The trio will have to battle bad guys and face disgusting food, an angry mom, powerful magic, and more! Will they survive . . . and make it back to Earth before the portal closes again?!
Praise for HILO
* Children's Choice 5th-6th Grade Book of the Year!
* Nominated for multiple State Awards-including the Pennsylvania's Young Reader's Choice Award!
"More giant robotic ants and people going 'Aaaah!' than in the complete works of Jane Austen"-Neil Gaiman, bestselling author
"Every kid would love a pal like HILO, and every kid will love this book!" -Lincoln Peirce, bestselling author of the Big Nate series
"HILO is delightful, silly, tender, and most importantly: funny." -Jeff Smith, bestselling author of the Bone series
"Fast paced, furiously funny, and will have kids waiting on the edge of their seats for more."-Jeffrey Brown, bestselling author of Jedi Academy
"Action-packed...and amazing fun!"-Brad Meltzer, bestselling author of the Ordinary People Change the World series
"HILO is loads of slapstick fun with a touch of tenderness that kids will love."--Dan Santat, Caldecott Medal Winner
"High energy and HILARIOUS!"--Gene Luen Yang, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
"A perfect book for any kid who ever needed a friend and then had one with superpowers fall from space." -Seth Meyers, actor, comedian and writer
* "Universally appealing. A wholeheartedly weird and wonderful tale of friendship, acceptance, and robots."-Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
* "A must-have."-School Library Journal, Starred Review
"The most enjoyable hero to hit the library shelves in years. Good clean laser-beams-coming-outta-your-hands fun for the whole family."-http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/
"A total blast."-The Miami Herald
"A story that can be enjoyed by the entire family."-The New York Times
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