  | Mighty bite (Mighty Bite) Author: Hale, Nathan | |
| Price: $20.98 | ||
Summary:
Trilobite and Amber (an ambulocetus) love to play guitar, sing, and eat tiny hats. They don't realize that most of the world thinks that they're extinct or that they may be the last of their kind. But when Tiffany Timber (a newscaster) meets them, she immediately starts livestreaming, thinking this will be her big break. This makes Trilobite think: if he can just get a tablet or camera, then he and Amber can make their own videos and be rich and famous! In graphic novel format.
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG Reading Level: 3.20 Points: 1.0 Quiz: 519500 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (+) (02/15/23)
School Library Journal (04/01/23)
Booklist (+) (12/01/23)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (+) (00/04/23)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 04/15/2023 *Starred Review* Welcome to the Island of Losta Founda, where supposedly extinct creatures live on. Trilobite (a marine arthropod from the Cambrian era) sets out to be rich and famous but isn’t sure how, until he meets Tiffany Timber, a paleo newscaster/vlogger with a ton of followers, who suggests they partner up. Since Trilobite and his pet Amber (an ambulocetus from the Eocene period) are a paleontology treasure, they're certain their video content will be so newsworthy it will break the internet. On their quest to create groundbreaking content, they come across a tiny spinosaurus, an ape god that is part of a violent pantheon, a crinoid, a wooly rhino, and the wise but tricky Opabinia, who becomes their archnemesis as they enter into a six-round video battle royale. Hale is mostly known for impressive and well-researched historical-nonfiction graphic novels, so this frantically paced fever-dream project of pure escapism is quite the stray, but not at all unwelcome. The hand-drawn pen-and-ink illustrations are deliciously detailed and painstakingly and lovingly stippled and crosshatched. The story is silly but moves along briskly with wonderful humor, and the cast of predominantly extinct characters is wholly original. The panels are wonderfully paced, with each shot as beautifully framed and expertly lit as the video battles described within, and the project overall is a mighty undertaking. - Copyright 2023 Booklist.
School Library Journal - 04/01/2023 Gr 3 Up—Trilobite and Amber are friends who should be extinct, but they're not. They'd like to be famous, but it's a while before they learn that they could become famous just by telling the world that they exist! When they discover how to become famous through internet videos, it seems like the answer to their problem. But the quest to create viral videos is just the beginning of a weird, hilarious, and surreal story. Trilobite and Amber become involved in a video-making competition for internet fame that becomes funnier and stranger the longer it goes on. The cast of characters is one of the most unique ever, including a trilobite who dreams of being rich and famous, an ambulocetus (or walking whale), a paleo-newscaster, an ape god, and many, many more. Hale uses only black, white, and pale blue colors, but each panel is packed with details. Plenty of squiggles and shading make the artwork look like it's vibrating off of the page. VERDICT For kids who enjoy zany, funny, and smart stories.—Andrea Lipinski - Copyright 2023 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
