Hometown

'A masterpiece. An artist at the height of his powers.' - NEW YORK TIMES

You need to know who I am.
What I think and how I feel.
Then you'll know why I did what I did.

Imagine living in a perfect world.

You have a loving family, a beautiful home and awesome friends. Everything is just as it should be. Until one day, when a stranger arrives. A stranger who looks just like you. A stranger with a troubling message ...

From the creator of The Arrival and Tales from Outer Suburbia comes a visually stunning, moving and humorous meditation on all the things that make us who we are and how we choose to live.

PRAISE FOR HOMETOWN

'Loved it!! Chockfull of magic!!' - Guillermo Del Toro

'I can't overstate how much Shaun's work has meant for me and my family over the years. And now, his latest is a passionate, clever and inspiring tale about how we choose which family to love. I am so excited to share this one with mine.' - Darren Aronofsky

'Where The Arrival was about leaving home for the strange but hopefully welcoming new world, Hometown is about what makes us what we are-family, friends, environment. A joyful, surprising, marvellous book.' - Kelly Link

'Here is a cornucopia of a world to set beside the densely realised imaginings of Topor or Miyazaki - a many-splendored thing.' - Dave McKean

'A spectacularly surreal coming-of-age story about choice, family, and the gravitational pull of belonging.' - Kirkus, Starred Review

'Hometown is a visually stunning book that will resonate with children and adults alike.' - Books & Publishing


'I read this graphic novel several times, and with each reading my sense of wonder and admiration grew. My connection to the girl and her world still linger in my mind. Just read it.' - Good Reading

• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 144
• Imprint: A & U Children
• Supplier: PRH Distribution
• Subjects: Code YFB (scheme 93), Code YFZ (scheme 93), family; identity; home; fantasy; graphic novel; art; creativity; gatefold; books with gatefolds; award-winners; award-winning author; CBCA winning author; internationally acclaimed author; The Arrival; The Lost Thing; The Red Tree; Tales From Outer Suburbia; Cicada; Rules of Summer; Tales from the Inner City; The Bird King; Singing Bones; Eric; Books for kids aged 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18; hardback gift book; best books;, Code 5AL (scheme 98), Code YFW (scheme 12), Code YFB (scheme 12), Code 5AL (scheme 14), Code YAF010000 (scheme 10), Code YAF004000 (scheme 10)