num_pages: 240
description: Mike Holmes the artist behind the hit series Secret Coders and Wings of Fire delivers his solo debut: My Own World a middle grade memoir-inflected fantasy graphic novel.Life is difficult for nine-year-old Nathan. All he dreams of is hanging out with his older brother watching Raiders of the Lost Ark and enjoying summer vacation far away from the neighborhood bullies. When he overhears his parents talking about a family crisis he seeks sanctuary from his troubles. In an abandoned lighthouse Nathan discovers a portal to a berry-colored world where time has little meaning and he finally is in control. There his imagination takes him on wondrous adventures across seas and through the air with new extraordinary friends of his own creation. In his magical hideaway Nathan is safe from the anxieties of his lifebut can he bring himself to face the real world?
language: English
title: My Own World
publisher: First Second