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Death & Sparkles and the sacred golden cupcake / Rob Justus.
Death and Sparkles never imagined they would become besties for life . . . or rather, death. And they didn’t expect to get pulled into another wild adventure so soon. But when Sparkles’s horn begins to glow mysteriously and the pair discovers a message left by his unicorn parents, Death reluctantly follows Sparkles on a search to find out what it all means. Sparkles is 100 percent sure the answer will be revealed through some hard-hitting, epic dance moves. Death wants to make sure there is minimal collateral damage. With nothing but golden cupcake bling as their compass, they embark on a journey into the depths of the sewers. Wacky chaos ensues once again for the BFFs in this continuation to the Death & Sparkles book series as a unicorn, a grim reaper, and a group of vengeance-driven mole men hoping to steal Sparkles’s golden cupcake face off!
Record details
- ISBN: 9781797206370 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 353 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 20 cm
- Publisher: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2021]
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sparwood Public Library | J GRAPHIC JUS (Text) | 35172000387494 | Junior Graphic | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2023 October #2
Two adventures collide in an uproarious combination of heritage and revenge in this second series entry. Opposing journeys, told across alternating chapters, provide insight into unicorns' less savory qualities. In one tale, four orphaned moles end up in the care of unicorn society, where they're assigned gardening duties. While the moles toil under the belief that they're earning a higher status, they end up facing even more discrimination, including in unicorn court. Meanwhile, Sparkles has a glowing horn, a magic golden cupcake from his parents, and a restless urge to dance somewhere unknown for an uncertain reason. Death tags along like the friend he is. Sparkles endangers himself and others with his carelessly confident manner, instigating an argument between the two friends. Seeing ostensibly silly characters push each other into new growth, such as Sparkles experiencing humility and self-doubt or Death becoming a prankster, creates suitable dramatic foils for all the absurd humor surrounding them. The inevitable showdown with the scene-stealing moles leads to new stars in the series cast. Endless visual jokes make each page turn rewarding, from the moles' wide variety of traps to some winking references to green pipes from a certain video game franchise. A recurring gag in which someone delivers a wall of text, only to be ignored, speaks to the relaxed nature of the story. An expansion of unicorn lore worth following to see where it crash-lands next. (sketches) (Graphic adventure. 10-14) Copyright Kirkus 2023 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved.
