Ben Hatke
1) Mighty Jack
Author
Series
Mighty Jack volume 1
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Jack dreads summer because his single mother has to work and leaves him at home with his boring little sister who is autistic. She doesn't talk at all. Ever. But one day while they are at a flea market, she does talk. She tells Jack to trade their mother's car for a box of mysterious seeds. It's the best mistake Jack has ever made!.
Author
Series
Zita the Spacegirl volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Zita is determined to find her way home to Earth, but her exploits have made her an intergallactic megastar, and as her true self is eclipsed by her public persona, she faces a robot doppelganger, unsure of who she can trust.
Author
Series
Zita the Spacegirl volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When young Zita discovers a device that opens a portal to another place, and her best friend is abducted, she is compelled to set out on a strange journey from star to star in order to get back home.
Author
Series
Mighty Jack volume 3
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Jack and Lilly are no strangers to heroics. They've befriended dragons, battled giants, and even earned the loyalty of a goblin army. So when they meet Zita the Spacegirl, fresh from her interplanetary travels and seeking their help to face a new threat, they're more than ready for another adventure. But the danger growing just outside the door to their world is greater than anything the new friends could have imagined"--
5) Little Robot
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"When a little girl finds an adorable robot in the woods, she presses a button and accidentally activates him for the first time. Now, she finally has a friend. But the big, bad robots are coming to collect the little guy for nefarious purposes, and it's all up to a five-year-old armed only with a wrench and a fierce loyalty to her mechanical friend to save the day!"--
Author
Series
Zita the Spacegirl volume 3
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Zita must escape from prison before the warden can execute his plan for interstellar domination.
Author
Series
Mighty Jack volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Like a bolt from the blue, Jack's little sister Maddy is gone-- carried into another realm by an ogre. When Jack and Lilly follow Maddy's captor through the portal, they are ready for anything-- except what they find waiting for them in the floating crossroads between worlds. Even the power of their magic plants may not be enough to get them back to earth alive. Alone and injured, Jack and Lilly must each face their own monsters, as well as giants...