The Bizarre Bazaar: Mirror Town (A Graphic Novel)
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- $179.00
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- $179.00
Descripción editorial
Enter the Bizarre Bazaar, a phantasmagorical graphic novel series sure to enchant or entrap its curious customers! In this first twisted tale, a boy stumbles—literally—into Mirror Town, a world where he gets everything he's ever wanted...or so he thinks.
No one ever pays attention to twelve-year-old Abel Azari: not his parents, not the cool kids at school, and certainly not his crush, Ginny Mendoza. To them, he's always been practically invisible.
That all changes the day he discovers a peculiar mirror in his neighbor's garage. But this isn't any old mirror, as Abel finds out soon enough when he accidentally falls through it.
What waits for him on the other side is a world just like his, except something is...off. Suddenly, his busy parents are spending every minute with him, his classmates treat him like a king, and now the girl he's been crushing on wants to hang out? It's the life Abel’s always dreamed of; how could he possibly go back to the way things were before?
But not everything—or everyone—is as it seems. Mirror Town hides evil secrets, and Abel will have to unravel them fast before he ends up trapped there forever.
READ MORE IN THE BIZARRE BAZAAR SERIES:
Mirror Town
Down a Dark Path
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this double graphic novel debut, a fantastical series opener, Newbery Medalist Nayeri spins tales of passing strange originating from a magical marketplace boasting enchanted wares. Every item bought and sold at the Bizarre Bazaar—run by blond, temperamental Babs and her grumpy, salt-and-pepper-bearded partner Bruno—has a story, including an antique mirror with the power to transport users to mystical alternate realities, the tale of which 12-year-old protagonist Abel soon learns. To help distract himself from how lonely he feels during summer vacation, incoming middle schooler Abel assists his elderly neighbor in cleaning out her garage. It's there that he finds an old mirror, which he brings to the Bizarre Bazaar and offers to trade to Babs for a good luck charm. When he accidentally falls through the mirror and finds himself in an alternate world, however, Abel will need more than luck to make his way back home. Through Babs and Bruno's intermittent narration—conveyed in sporadic pop-ups throughout—Nayeri cleverly highlights the potential consequences of limitless magic. Enright's bold and brightly colored illustrations add dynamic movement to this freewheeling, wish-fulfilling adventure, which suggests that too much of a good thing can be as dangerous as it is exciting. Characters are depicted with varying ages, body types, and skin tones. Ages 8–12.
