The Twilight Book

Jonny Boatfield. Bloomsbury UK, $10.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-7475-5083-9

Kidnapped by the Cruel Ape, Little Tom Trash sets out to find the Little Girl in The Twilight Book by Jonny Boatfield. Readers join in the time-sensitive search, navigating a fantastic landscape of cross-hatch line drawings, teeming with details. Hidden clocks count down the hour. (Feb)

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