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Praise for Escape from the Lizzarks (Nnewts #1) A visually rich and abundantly imaginative adventure that lands some serious emotional punches. --Publishers Weekly Praise for The Rise of Herk (Nnewts #2): Readers who like lots of action, fighting, magic, and a little humor to lighten the drama will find them here. --Booklist Praise for Ghostopolis * TenNapel's colorful illustrations are filled with energy and life. --School Library Journal, starred review Praise for Bad Island * A clever, old-fashioned adventure with some modern twists and a light-hearted tone, this, like TenNapel's previous work, is not to be missed. --Booklist, starred review * TenNapel has crafted another rip-roaring adventure with wide audience appeal. --School Library Journal, starred review Praise for Cardboard * An exceptionally seamless blend of action and philosophy, two elements that usually do not mix easily; TenNapel handles this masterfully. Utterly brilliant. --Kirkus Reviews, starred review A boldly imaginative and ambitious tale. --The Horn Book Praise for Tommysaurus Rex TenNapel unleashes an array of charmingly off-kilter characters and has mastered a cartoonish style that preserves a sense of grit while lending some emotional weight to match the story. --Booklist It's a premise worthy of a loony Saturday morning cartoon, complete with bulgy-eyed characters that nearly bounce off the full-color pages, but underlying the fun is a potent and affecting story about facing death and growing up. --Publishers Weekly Unpredictable and engaging, this will be a popular pick for reluctant readers and graphic-novel fans. --School Library Journal

Praise for Escape from the Lizzarks (Nnewts #1) A visually rich and abundantly imaginative adventure that lands some serious emotional punches. --Publishers Weekly Praise for The Rise of Herk (Nnewts #2): Readers who like lots of action, fighting, magic, and a little humor to lighten the drama will find them here. --BooklistPraise for Ghostopolis * TenNapel's colorful illustrations are filled with energy and life. --School Library Journal, starred review Praise for Bad Island * A clever, old-fashioned adventure with some modern twists and a light-hearted tone, this, like TenNapel's previous work, is not to be missed. --Booklist, starred review * TenNapel has crafted another rip-roaring adventure with wide audience appeal. --School Library Journal, starred review Praise for Cardboard * An exceptionally seamless blend of action and philosophy, two elements that usually do not mix easily; TenNapel handles this masterfully. Utterly brilliant. --Kirkus Reviews, starred review A boldly imaginative and ambitious tale. --The Horn Book Praise for Tommysaurus Rex TenNapel unleashes an array of charmingly off-kilter characters and has mastered a cartoonish style that preserves a sense of grit while lending some emotional weight to match the story. --Booklist It's a premise worthy of a loony Saturday morning cartoon, complete with bulgy-eyed characters that nearly bounce off the full-color pages, but underlying the fun is a potent and affecting story about facing death and growing up. --Publishers Weekly Unpredictable and engaging, this will be a popular pick for reluctant readers and graphic-novel fans. --School Library Journal

<b>Praise for <i>Escape from the Lizzarks</i> (Nnewts #1)</b> A visually rich and abundantly imaginative adventure that lands some serious emotional punches. --<i>Publishers Weekly</i> <b>Praise for <i>The Rise of Herk</i> (Nnewts #2): </b> Readers who like lots of action, fighting, magic, and a little humor to lighten the drama will find them here. --<i>Booklist</i><b>Praise for <i>Ghostopolis</i> </b> * TenNapel's colorful illustrations are filled with energy and life. --<i>School Library Journal</i>, starred review <b>Praise for <i>Bad Island</i> </b> * A clever, old-fashioned adventure with some modern twists and a light-hearted tone, this, like TenNapel's previous work, is not to be missed. --<i>Booklist</i>, starred review * TenNapel has crafted another rip-roaring adventure with wide audience appeal. --<i>School Library Journal</i>, starred review <b>Praise for <i>Cardboard</i> </b> * An exceptionally seamless blend of action and philosophy, two elements that usually do not mix easily; TenNapel handles this masterfully. Utterly brilliant. --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review A boldly imaginative and ambitious tale. --<i>The Horn Book</i> <b>Praise for <i>Tommysaurus Rex</i> </b> TenNapel unleashes an array of charmingly off-kilter characters and has mastered a cartoonish style that preserves a sense of grit while lending some emotional weight to match the story. --<i>Booklist</i> It's a premise worthy of a loony Saturday morning cartoon, complete with bulgy-eyed characters that nearly bounce off the full-color pages, but underlying the fun is a potent and affecting story about facing death and growing up. --<i>Publishers Weekly</i> Unpredictable and engaging, this will be a popular pick for reluctant readers and graphic-novel fans. --<i>School Library Journal</i>

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Doug TenNapel was raised in the town of Denair, California. In 1994, he created the popular Earthworm Jim. Doug's graphic novel GHOSTOPOLIS was a 2011 ALA Top Ten Great Graphic Novel for Teens, and his follow-up, BAD ISLAND, was a 2012 ALA Great Graphic Novels for Teens as well as one of School Library Journal's Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2011. Doug lives in Franklin, Tennessee.

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