Escape from Hat
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Publisher Description
Good and bad luck battle to control the world in this hilarious and enchanting illustrated middle grade novel about a lucky rabbit, an evil black cat, and one hapless boy caught between them, from award-wining screenwriter and debut author Adam Kline.
We all have good luck and bad, courtesy of our very own lucky rabbits and bad-luck black cats. Most people never notice them.
Cecil Bean certainly never noticed the villainous cat, Millikin, that lurked around every corner or his devoted rabbit, Leek, who was never far from his side. At least not until Millikin hatches a deliciously evil plan to vanish Leek into a magician’s hat, leaving Cecil with no good luck at all and stranding poor Leek in a world that no rabbit has ever escaped from.
Leek and Cecil will do anything to find their way back to each other—even if it means facing enormous odds and seemingly insurmountable obstacles. To escape from Hat, Leek must sail across the Great Ink, travel beyond the Jungle Prime Evil, trek through the Grottos of Ill Repute, and enter the heart of all bad luck: the fortress of the black cats itself.
All while Cecil heads out on an adventure of his own to find the hard-heartened magician, whose tricks seem to have turned Cecil’s life upside down.
Gear up for adventure in this boisterously entertaining debut novel by award-winning screenwriter Adam Kline, with gorgeous, full-color illustrations throughout by Brian Taylor! Soon to be a major animated motion picture from Academy Award-nominated director (Kung Fu Panda, Little Prince) Mark Osborne.
Can one unlucky boy and one very lucky rabbit find their way back to each other, against all odds?
Animal Fantasy Adventure: Join Leek, a devoted lucky rabbit, on his perilous journey out of a magician's hat to reunite with his boy, Cecil.A World of Magic and Mischief: Explore the mysterious land of Hat, from the Great Ink to the Jungle Prime Evil, a world ruled by the villainous black cat, Millikin.Unlikely Friendships: Leek's quest brings him face-to-face with a warrior she-rabbit, a musical mouse, and even a cave monster who's afraid of the dark.Laugh-Out-Loud Funny: Perfect for fans of classic quests, this clever and heartfelt chapter book is a fantastic read-aloud for the whole family.
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Screenwriter Kline and artist Taylor collaborate in this funny, originally self-published saga meshing fantasy and farce and pitting good against evil. Cecil Bean's assigned black cat, Millikin, and rabbit, Leek, are respectively responsible for the boy's swings of bad and good luck. But things run amok when Leek disappears into the top hat of a swindling magician and surfaces in the land of Hat, home to Millikin and fellow nefarious felines and to other (quickly multiplying) banished rabbits. Learning that a tower in the cats' fortress holds magic that can return him and his peers to their humans, Leek and another rabbit set out to find it. On their madcap journey, they encounter a traveling minstrel mouse, a potbellied pig (king of the Miniature Potbellies), and a cave monster who's afraid of the dark. Meanwhile, Cecil embarks on his own risky quest to procure the itinerant magician's hat in hopes of bringing Leek home. Distinct, droll voices and comedic wordplay help maintain a breakneck pace, while vibrant pictures of the wide-eyed rabbits and their dastardly counterparts radiate an energetic cartoon sensibility. Final art not seen by PW. Ages 8 12.
