J.Ok. Rowling
;
illustrated by
Jim Discipline
RELEASE DATE: Oct. 12, 2021
A 7-year-old descends into the Land of the Misplaced seeking his beloved consolation object.
Jack has cherished Dur Pig lengthy sufficient to put on the beanbag toy into tattered shapelessness—which is why, when his offended older stepsister chucks it out the automobile window on Christmas Eve, he not solely throws a titanic tantrum and viciously rejects the titular substitute pig, however resolves to sneak out to search out DP. To his amazement, the Christmas Pig presents to information him to the place the place all misplaced Issues go. Whiffs of childhood classics, assembled with admirable professionalism right into a jolly journey story that performs all the proper chords, cling about this story of loss and love. Together with household drama, Rowling stirs in fantasy, allegory, and beneficiant measures of social and political commentary. Pursued by the Land’s merciless and monstrous Loser, Jack and the Christmas Pig move via territories from the Wastes of the Unlamented, the place booger-throwing Dangerous Habits roam, to the luxurious Metropolis of the Missed for encounters with Hope, Happiness, and Energy (a choleric king who rejects a vote that doesn’t go his approach). A joyful reunion on the Island of the Beloved turns poignant, however Christmas Eve being “an evening for miracles and misplaced causes,” maybe there’s nonetheless an opportunity (with somewhat assist from Santa) for every little thing to come back proper? In each the narrative and Discipline’s completed, soft-focus illustrations, the solid presents White.
Performs to Rowling’s fan base; equally suited to gifting and studying aloud or alone.
(Fantasy. 8-12)
Pub Date: Oct. 12, 2021
ISBN: 978-1-338-79023-8
Web page Depend: 288
Writer: Scholastic
Assessment Posted On-line: Oct. 21, 2021
Kirkus Evaluations Subject: Nov. 15, 2021
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