A high-spirited debut about learning to trust one’s heart and instincts. Beetle & the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne effortlessly centers positive LGBTQ+ characters and storylines for the little ghost in your life. 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. 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. 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.
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