Under Kingdom
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- $149.00
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- $149.00
Descripción editorial
School can be hard, and making friends can be even harder. Taking your mother’s place as the guardian of a secret subterranean kingdom of monsters just might be impossible!
After the sudden disappearance of his mom, high school freshman, Shay, is thrust into a secret world of monsters that exists underneath his small West Virginian town. With the help of his shapeshifting aunt Sa’Belle, he must search for his mother while doing what he can to safeguard the citizens of the ‘Under Kingdom’ and try to maintain his normal high school life. If that wasn’t enough, Shay’s no fighter but the Under Kingdom demands he take arms to protect his friends and family. Shay struggles to balance school, his new crush, and training to become a warrior. When an army of Dwarves declare war on the Under Kingdom, he will need to find a way to balance who he is with protecting all of monster-kind from war.
An epic adventure set in a colorful world full of mischievous sock-stealing imps, adorable dragons, rowdy orcs, and an endless variety of other strange creatures. Join Shay, Sa’belle, and friends in this heartwarming tale where kindness is proven more powerful than violence.
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In an absurd and inventive graphic novel by debut author Bogacs and Enger (Where Black Stars Rise), high schooler Shay Willard thinks his biggest problem is trying to avoid bullies, until he learns that his family has connections to a secret subterranean kingdom of monsters. When his aunt Isabelle pulls him out of school and informs him that his mother is missing, Shay expects they'll have to get the police involved. But then Isabelle tells Shay that she is a changeling named Sa'belle who had been under his mother's protection. Further reveals detail Shay's mom's occupation as the Under Warden, the "human leader and caretaker of monster kind." And since she's gone missing, Shay must take up the mantle or risk destroying the delicate balance between the human and monster realms. Abstract paneling, minimal backgrounds, and sharp, distinctive character designs play up the creature feature feel of this paranormal escapade. Fast-paced dialogue shifts seamlessly between serious and downright goofy, and Shay's abrupt introduction to his ancestry and stumbling transition from quotidian teenager to ruler of a monster ecosystem offer imaginative windows into themes of friendship, family, cooperation, and belonging. Ages 12–up.
