Mighty Jack
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
A wildly imaginative, action-packed graphic novel adventure from acclaimed creator Ben Hatke, Mighty Jack is a thrilling modern fantasy about courage, responsibility, and the kind of magic that changes everything.
Jack just wants a normal summer. But when he trades his mom’s car at a flea market for a mysterious box of seeds, he accidentally unlocks something far beyond anything he could have imagined. Those seeds don’t grow ordinary plants—they grow a gateway to a strange, dangerous, and breathtakingly beautiful world.
Soon Jack and his friends are pulled into an epic adventure filled with:
- mysterious creatures and hidden dangers
- strange magical ecosystems
- unexpected alliances
- high-stakes survival challenges
- and discoveries that blur the line between science and fantasy
As Jack learns to navigate this new world, he must also step up in ways he never expected—protecting the people he cares about while confronting forces bigger than he is ready for.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Hatke's reworking of "Jack and the Beanstalk," Jack must care for his younger sister, Maddy, while his single mother holds down two jobs over the summer. Maddy doesn't speak, but she's entranced by the magic seeds she and Jack pick up from a shady dealer at a flea market, in exchange for their mother's car keys. Once they plant them, their home-schooled, sword-wielding neighbor Lilly is curious about their new garden, too a little too curious. Hatke (Little Robot) revels in drawing the fantasy plants: green hands that reach out and grab, tiny onion-headed creatures, melons with teeth. Jack and Lilly argue about how to handle them: "These plants are dangerous!" he protests. "Open your eyes, Jack," Lilly retorts. "Just because something's dangerous doesn't make it evil." There's action and menace aplenty, including a dragon whose ferocity only Maddy can quell, and flashes of intimacy, too, as when Jack's mother's anger melts into compassion as she sees her son in tears, or when Maddy suddenly speaks. Jack's desperate efforts to juggle the needs of three complex female characters drive this sensitive retelling. The cliffhanger ending promises a sequel. Ages 10 14.
