Hilo

Dog Man meets Big Nate in HILO-the hilarious, intergalactic, action-packed New York Times Bestselling GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES kids love! "A Total BLAST," says the Miami Herald! Everyone's favorite space boy, Hilo, is just settling into life on earth (Bowling? Knock-knock jokes? OUTSTANDING!) when strange portals begin opening up all over town. And HOLY MACKEREL! Even STRANGER creatures are coming through them! But 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? Here's what people (and robots!) are saying about 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 "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."-Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review * "A must-have."-School Library Journal, Starred Review "Good clean laser-beams-coming-outta-your-hands fun for the whole family."-http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/ "A story that can be enjoyed by the entire family."-The New York Times