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When a marauder destroys the underground sanctuary that Eva Nine was raised in by the robot Muthr, the twelve-year-year-old girl is forced to flee aboveground. Eva Nine is searching for anyone else like her, for she knows that other humans exist, because of an item she treasures—a scrap of cardboard on which is depicted a young girl, an adult, and a robot, with the strange word, "WondLa." Tony DiTerlizzi honors traditional children's literature in this totally original space age adventure: one that is as complex as an alien planet, but as simple as a child's wish for a place to belong.
Breathtaking two-color illustrations throughout reveal another dimension of Tony DiTerlizzi's vision, and, for those readers with a webcam, the book also features Augmented Reality in several places, revealing additional information about Eva Nine's world.
"The bond between Eva and her friends is well drawn, and Otto, happily, is more than just a human in alien form." - Publishers Weekly
"Starred Review... beneath this impressive package lies a theme readers will easily relate to: the need to belong, to connect, to figure out one's place in the world. Grades 5-8" - School Library Journal
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Tony DiTerlizzi is co-creator and illustrator of the bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles.
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