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490 pp.
| Candlewick |
October, 2016 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-8850-9$19.99
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
Dave McKean.
When a "crack in the sky, shaped like a V" appears above human boy Lucky's home on remote moon Phoenix, his terrified mother bundles him away on a ship with alien Axxa for a clandestine journey through the universe--and into the human-vs.-Axxa war. McKean's trippy black-and-white illustrations evoke reverence for the expansive universe and play with Said's unique, staccato text.