INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Sniegoski, Thomas E.

Billy Hooten, Owl Boy: Tremble at the Terror of Zis-Boom-Bah

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Eric Powell. Billy transforms into comic superhero Owlboy and returns to his underworld haven. There, he finds the town menaced by a monster called Zis-Boom-Bah. As Billy figures out how to rid his fantasy world of this creature, he learns lessons about his real world, though the story takes a protracted route to convey them. Occasional sketchlike black-and-white drawings illustrate Billy's adventures.

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