A high-spirited debut about learning to trust one’s heart and instincts. Beetle’s hero’s journey has the adorably vulnerable Blob Ghost at its heart many kids will also relate to the friendship-and-more story between Beetle and Kat. Her vibrant, comical, and overall super-appealing art is a good match for sometimes-scary and high-octane scenes. Please allow at least 2-3 weeks from when you place your order till you order may ship. Layne, creator of the Demon Street weekly fantasy webcomic, grounds Beetle’s bighearted adventure in earthly settings like the mall and Gran’s cozy cottage, and she fills ‘Allows Town with a gleeful array of fantastic creatures: no two are alike. When Marla’s plans to return the town to its former glory threaten to harm Blob Ghost and exploit Kat’s powerful talent for sorcery, Beetle summons the magical abilities Gran knew she possessed, and Gran’s there to help. Beetle lives with Gran, the powerful Town Witch, but she thinks that the kind of magic passed down in their family isn’t “real magic.” Stirring up all kinds of feelings, Beetle’s former best friend, Kat Hollowbones, is back in ‘Allows Town with her aunt Marla. And hopefully ride a broom without crashing.Preteen goblin Beetle’s potions studies can wait: she’d much rather hang out at the ‘Allows Town mall with her best pal, Blob Ghost, a non-binary, jelly-like shape-shifter who communicates through their transformations. Now, Beetle has less than a week to rescue her best ghost, encourage Kat to stand up for herself, and confront the magic she’s been avoiding for far too long. If Blob Ghost doesn’t escape the mall soon, their afterlife might be coming to a very sticky end. Beetle’s quickly being left in the dust.īut Kat’s mentor has set her own vile scheme in motion. Kat is everything Beetle wants to be: beautiful, cool, great at magic, and kind of famous online. And now Beetle’s old best friend, Kat, is back in town for a sorcery apprenticeship with her Aunt Hollowbone. is cursed to haunt it, tethered there by some unseen force. She’d rather skip being homeschooled completely and spend time with her best friend, Blob Glost.

Then there’s twelve-year-old goblin-witch Beetle, who’s caught in between. In the eerie town of ‘Allows, some people get to be magical sorceresses, while other people have their spirits trapped in the mall for all ghastly eternity.

An enchanting, riotous, and playfully illustrated debut graphic novel following a young goblin trying to save her best friend from the haunted mall-perfect for fans of Steven Universe and Adventure Time.

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