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319 pp.
| Penguin/Workshop
| July, 2018
|
TradeISBN 978-1-5247-8509-3$13.99
(4)
4-6
Illustrated by
Ryan Andrews.
This unique, interactive second-person narrative casts the reader as a character trying to escape from a fantastical world populated by, among others, an evil queen and her robot minions, an enormous dung beetle, and a French-speaking stoat. The wordplay-heavy adventures follow one another rapid-fire without much character development. Still, humorous characters and clever activities such as word scrambles and drawing prompts should keep readers engaged and entertained.