“Mighty Jack” by Ben Hatke

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Rating: 3/5 Stars

An interesting start of a new series by Ben Hatke which is a re-telling of the Jack and the Beanstalk story. But here, Jack has a sister who doesn’t talk, whom he has to take care of for the summer while their mother is off working at two jobs. One day at a fair, they encounter a strangely familiar character who offers them seeds. Anybody would turn down the offer; but not Jack because his sister convinces him to take the seeds.

Thus begins their planting adventures as the seeds give birth to strange creatures and magical powers … and draws a dragon into their world. But the dragon warns them that danger lurks in the garden. And danger does appear in the form of a particular packet of seeds that, when planted, kidnaps Jack’s sister. And thus begins his adventures to rescue her.

Book read from 2020/05/17 to 2020/05/17