Hilo: Saving the Whole Wide World, Hardcover/Judd Winick

Calvin and Hobbes meets Big Nate meets Bone in HILO-the hilarious, action-packed New York Times Bestselling GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES kids AND critics love``A Total BLAST,`` says the Miami Herald DJ and Gina are TOTALLY ordinary kids. But Hilo . . . isn't. HILO is just settling into life on earth (Bowling? Knock-knock jokes? OUTSTANDING ) when strange portals begin opening up all over town. And HOLY MACKERELEven STRANGER creatures are coming through themBut it will take more than a GIANT MUTANT CHICKEN, A VIKING HIPPO, A MAGICAL WARRIOR CAT, or even a few MILLION KILLER VEGETABLES to stop Team Hilo . . . er, WON'T IT? Can Hilo, DJ, and GINA figure out how to send these creatures back to their worlds before they DESTROY the earth? Praise for HILO * Children's Choice 5th-6th Grade Book of the Year * Nominated for multiple State Awards--including the Pennsylvania's Young Reader's Choice Award * An ILA-CBC Children's Choice ``More giant robotic ants and people going 'Aaaah ' than in the complete works of Jane Austen``-- Neil Gaiman , bestselling author ``Every kid would love a pal like HILO, and every kid will love this book `` -- Lincoln Peirce , bestselling author of the Big Nate series ``HILO is delightful, silly, tender, and most importantly: funny. `` -- Jeff Smith , bestselling author of the Bone series `` Fast paced, furiously funny , and will have kids waiting on the edge of their seats for more.``-- Jeffrey Brown, bestselling author of Jedi Academy `` Action-packed...and amazing fun ``-- Brad Meltzer, bestselling author of the Ordinary People Change the World series ``HILO is loads of slapstick fun with a touch of tenderness that kids will love .``-- Dan Santat , Caldecott Medal Winner `` High energy and HILARIOUS ``--Gene Luen Yang, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature ``A perfect book for any kid who ever needed a friend and then had one with superpowers fall from space.`` -- Seth Meyers , actor, comedian and writer * `` Universally appealing . A wholeheartedly weird and wonderful tale of friendship, acceptance, and robots.`` --Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review * ``A must-have.`` --School Library Journal, Starred Review ``The most enjoyable hero to hit the library shelves in years. Good clean laser-beams-coming-outta-your-hands fun for the whole family.``--http: //blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/ ``A total blast .`` --The Miami Herald ``A story that can be enjoyed by the entire family .`` --The New York Times