As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Dean Morrissey.
Bits of old toys and machinery have been melded together into an unusual conveyance--the Crimson Comet--that carries Nora and her brother, Jack, on a journey to find out why the light of the moon has disappeared. Mundane text is bolstered by the imaginative, painterly illustrations, which display an engaging mix of fantasy and realism.