The Great Escape
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- Pre-Order
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- Expected Feb 17, 2026
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- $10.99
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- Pre-Order
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
A richly illustrated picture book from the author of In a Jar that follows an older sister and her pack of wild, noisy, can’t-sit-still younger siblings on a grand and wondrous adventure.
Evie believes in all things magic, but her always-pestering, always-following younger siblings make her life seem a little less magical sometimes. So Evie makes her escape to the snowy world outside, hoping for a bit of peace and solitude, only to discover her siblings trailing behind her, once again.
Luckily, with the help of a wand and a few magic words, Evie turns a snowbank into a portal to an upside-down world full of stars, dolphins, and seahorses to ride. Even the reader is invited to rotate the book and follow the siblings along on their adventure! But when the siblings are faced with danger—and someone who needs their help—can they come together to save the day?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Evie "believed in all things magic," and sporting a pointed hat and a cape, she's the very picture of an adroit conjurer. But when it comes to "the wild tornado" that is her three animal-pajama-clad younger siblings, "Evie had no power," writes Marcero (In a Jar). Fleeing to the snowy outdoors with all three at her heels, she in desperation tries a magic spell of escape, and it seems to work. As her body shoots below the drifted snow, a moment shown in a cutaway view, the book's orientation flips, and Evie finds herself in an aquatic realm rendered in luminous pink, orange, and blue hues. Even there, her siblings prove impossible to shake, but a whale's sudden appearance awakens Evie's protective instincts, and when it turns out the gentle giant only seeks help freeing its calf from a starry net in an adjacent and equally shimmering celestial world, the siblings become a crack team. "With the speed of a tornado," they break the mesh and earn a grateful whale's escort home. There, the book's position turns once again, and Evie discovers two things: her ever-adoring siblings have made her hot chocolate, and the best magic isn't about making problems disappear but rather finding new ways to orient to them. The children are portrayed with pale skin. Ages 3–7.
