The Unlucky Kid by Bob Holt
Published by Kids Can Press on May 7, 2024
ISBN: 1525306596
Pages: 64
Genres: Humor
Format: Graphic Novel
Source: MSL Book Review
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Elementary readers will delight in this over-the-top graphic novel about Quin, the unluckiest kid alive. With plenty of action, bright illustrations and simple text bubbles, the book is separated into three, short episodes that start calm and normal and devolve into wackier and more ridiculous action. From a swarm of hungry seagulls to a brilliant(?) tooth-pulling plan to a not-so-simple fishing expedition, young readers will giggles at the unluckiness of Quin and the downright silliness of his predicaments. Older readers (adults) will have to suspend their disbelief or else they will find themselves wondering how Quin would have survived to the end of the book (and how his mother could allow such carelessness). This book is not an essential purchase, but it will find its audience and it will be enjoyed and appreciated by any Quin-like kid who stumbles into mishaps without trying.

Reviewed by Jill O’Connor, Falmouth Middle School