Into the Woods (Bigfoot Boy)
What young boy, or girl, for that matter, hasn’t dreamed of being bigger, stronger, and more powerful? When Rufus repeats the incantation on the back of a strange totem he finds in the woods, that’s exactly what happens: he turns into Bigfoot Boy—huge, hairy, and able to talk to the animals in the forest. When several wolves try to blackmail Rufus into giving them the totem by kidnapping his friend Penny, Rufus must use his new powers to save her. Torres delivers believable characters and a plausible setting and backstory that make Rufus’ transformation into Bigfoot Boy easy to embrace. Hicks’ expressive artwork is one of the book’s strengths, her strong black lines never obscuring the emotions shown on the characters’ faces. A solid introduction to a new adventure series, and young readers will clamor for a second volume. Grades 3-5. --Eva Volin--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.