Meet Author Ben Hatke: Mighty Jack

Avid Bookshop presents children's author Ben Hatke in celebration of his new book MIGHTY JACK on September 28, 2016, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m There is no admission charge.

Purchase the book from Avid here: http://www.avidbookshop.com/book/9781626722644 

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Jack might be the only kid in the world who's dreading summer. But he's got a good reason: summer is when his single mom takes a second job and leaves him at home to watch his autistic kid sister, Maddy. It's a lot of responsibility, and it's boring, too, because Maddy doesn't talk. Ever. But then, one day at the flea market, Maddy does talk-to tell Jack to trade their mom's car for a box of mysterious seeds. It's the best mistake Jack has ever made.

In MIGHTY JACK, what starts as a normal little garden out back behind the house quickly grows up into a wild, magical jungle with tiny onion babies running amok, huge, pink pumpkins that bite, and, on one moonlit night that changes everything…a dragon.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: 

Ben Hatke's first graphic novel was ZITA THE SPACEGIRL. He has published comics stories in the Flight series as well as Flight Explorer. In addition to writing and drawing comics, he also paints in the naturalist tradition and, occasionally, performs one-man fire shows. Hatke lives and works in the Shenandoah Valley with his wife and their boisterous pack of daughters.

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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

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