<b>HILO's BA-ACK - in this funny, New York Times Bestselling, full-color new middle-grade graphic novel series that <i>Bone</i> creator Jeff Smith calls "delightful" and Lincoln Peirce says "every kid will love!" </b><br> <br> 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 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? <br> <br> HILO is Calvin and Hobbes meets Big Nate and is just right for fans of Bone and comic books as well as laugh-out-loud school adventures like Jedi Academy and Diary of a Wimpy Kid!<br> <br> <b>Praise for HILO</b><br> "Every kid would love a pal like HILO, and <b>every kid will love this book</b>!" - <b>Lincoln Peirce</b>, bestselling author of the Big Nate series<br> <br> "HILO is <b>delightful, silly,</b> tender, and most importantly:<b> funny.</b>" - <b>Jeff Smith</b>, bestselling author of the Bone series<br> <br> "HILO is loads of <b>slapstick fun</b> with a touch of tenderness that <b>kids will love</b>." - <b>Dan Santat</b>, Caldecott Medal winner<br> <br> "<b>High energy</b> and <b>HILARIOUS</b>!<b>" - Gene Luen Yang, </b>winner of the Printz and Eisner Awards, two-time National Book Award finalist<br> <br> "A <b>perfect book for any kid who ever needed a friend</b> and then had one with superpowers fall from space." - <b>Seth Meyers</b>, actor, comedian and writer<br> <br> "The most enjoyable hero to hit the library shelves in years. <b>Good clean laser-beams-coming-outta-your-hands fun</b> for the whole family." - Betsy Bird, A Fuse 8 Production blog
