Hermit Hill: Sueño Bay Adventures
Author: Nancy Deas and Mike Deas
Format: Graphic Novel
ISBN-13: 978-1459831490
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Pub Date: May/17/2022
Pages: 192
In the small village of Sueño Bay, famous for its mysterious crystals and legendary moon creatures, friends Ollie, Jenna, Sleeves and Kay are building a go-kart for the annual Fall Fair competition.
Living in the nearby hills are tiny moon creatures, the Hivers, who play a crucial role in the pollination of the local island mushroom crop. But the Hivers’ important job is interrupted when Sleeves, the youngest of the group, stumbles upon them. Feeling left out of the go-kart project, Sleeves claims the Hivers as his loyal subjects and locks them away when he’s not around. Without the Hivers, the island’s mushroom crop starts to take a turn for the worse. Stories say that the last person who messed with the Hivers, the Hillside Hermit, was cursed to roam alone and never return to Sueño Bay. Is Sleeves destined to suffer the same fate or can he and his friends return balance to the island in time?
This is the third book in the Sueño Bay Adventures series, following Shadow Island and Otter Lagoon.
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Otter Lagoon: Sueño Bay Adventures
Author: Nancy Deas and Mike Deas
Format: Graphic Novel
ISBN-13: 978-1459819610
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Pub Date: April/13/2021
Pages: 192
The second graphic novel in the Sueño Bay Adventures returns to the Pacific Northwest, where a tiny island is experiencing extreme weather, a rash of shipwrecks and the disappearance of whole swaths of marine life. Is it climate change? A bad storm season? Or is something else going on?
Plucky and independent Jenna finds herself in some trouble after a dog in her care is injured. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Jenna aligns herself with exotic animal dealers looking to make a quick buck off the local floral and fauna. When Jenna finds a rare egg, she unknowingly sets off a sequence of events that could mean the end of the peaceful village of Sueño Bay.
In spite of her attempts to keep them out of her business, Jenna can’t keep her friends from poking around when the supernatural is involved. And soon enough this crew of young sleuths are in a race against time with the greatest Moon Creature of all, Lunar Serpentis.
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Shadow Island: Sueño Bay Adventures
Author: Nancy Deas and Mike Deas
Format: Graphic Novel
ISBN-13: 978-1459819610
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Pub Date: October/01/2019
Pages: 192
With nowhere left to live after losing his parents and working his way through a long list of relatives on the mainland, Ollie finds himself at his grandpa’s house in Sueño Bay, “home of the supernatural.” Miserable and intending to get away from the earthquake-prone, rain-soaked island on the next bus out of town, Ollie’s getaway plans are altered abruptly when he and three classmates discover something they shouldn’t have in a trailer in the woods.
The four unlikely friends come together in a mystery involving supernatural creatures, a ticking clock and one angry gym teacher to save themselves, the creatures and Sueño Bay from a darkness that is infecting the island.
If they succeed, will Ollie finally find a place to call home?
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Reviews
Kirkus Reviews
“Inspired choices in paneling and use of line keep the eyes moving, propelling the story forward while still bringing readers into the fully realized rainy and rural Pacific Northwest setting. Ollie has pink skin and black hair; side characters are interesting and full of personality and have varying racial presentations. There is a refreshing, realistic economic diversity shown, with characters living in houses, trailers, and refurbished school buses.
Underlying messages of environmentalism, friendship, and home make this magical mystery a win.”
CM: Canadian Review of Materials
“A charming read and a promising start to a new series.”