No One Returns From the Enchanted Forest
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Publisher Description
An American Library Association 2021 Best Graphic Novel for Children
In this fantasy adventure graphic novel from debut author-illustrator Robin Robinson, a shy goblin must play the role of hero.
Bix and Pella are goblins sisters with very different dispositions. Bix is a worrywart who is most content when she’s home knitting. Her little sister, Pella, is an impetuous thrill seeker who is always getting in trouble. When Pella’s thirst for adventure leads her into the Enchanted Forest—a strange and dangerous place that no goblin has ever safely returned from—Bix is forced to leave her comfort zone to save her. Elemental demigods and countless hungry monsters stand in her way, but Bix is about to learn that even a worrywart can become a hero.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Debut creator Robinson explores the ups and downs of siblinghood in this lushly illustrated fantasy that's visually reminiscent of Hildafolk and Steven Universe. When a series of progressively worsening earthquakes threatens to collapse the underground city that their ancestors founded, the goblins of Teacup Island plan to evacuate. Troublemaking goblin orphan Pella, furious at the fabled Earth Queen for causing the earthquakes and cancelling an annual festival, sneaks into the forbidding Enchanted Forest to tell the queen off, forcing her anxious older sister, Bix, to attempt a rescue. Soon, the sisters are thoroughly entangled in an ongoing feud between two nature-ruling queens that may devastate the entire island. Bold digital art with pencil textures presents a diversity of body types across the female-presenting cast, whose clearly individuated protagonists demonstrate their own kinds of bravery through-out. Confrontational Pella, cautious Bix, and upbeat and easygoing tree troll Cici are given plenty of room to show their characters, and their contrasting personalities play off each other well. A colorful and charismatic story with an underlying thoughtfulness. Ages 8–12.
