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Beetle & the Hollowbones

by Aliza Layne

A goblin, a haunted mall, and a friendship under pressure

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    Stonewall Honor Book

    Stonewall Honor Book

AlbakiReads Editorial

A goblin, a haunted mall, and a friendship under pressure

In the eerie town of Allows, magic divides those training as sorceresses from spirits bound to the mall. Beetle, a goblin-witch caught between those worlds, wants to help her ghostly best friend escape while navigating the return of Kat, a childhood friend whose sorcery apprenticeship complicates their relationship. With a deadline and a scheme unfolding around Kat’s mentor, the graphic novel brings friendship, belonging, and magical responsibility together in a fantasy adventure. Its central conflict also turns on Beetle’s reluctance to face her own magic.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young readers drawn to fantasy graphic novels and supernatural settings.
  • Readers interested in stories about friendship, belonging, and finding confidence with magic.
  • Fans of tales featuring goblins, ghosts, sorceresses, and haunted places.

Themes

FriendshipBelongingMagic and responsibilitySelf-confidence

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Book overview

A Stonewall Honor Book

An enchanting, riotous, and playfully illustrated debut graphic novel following a young goblin trying to save her best friend from the haunted mall--perfect for fans of Steven Universe and Adventure Time.

In the eerie town of 'Allows, some people get to be magical sorceresses, while other people have their spirits trapped in the mall for all ghastly eternity.

Then there's twelve-year-old goblin-witch Beetle, who's caught in between. She'd rather skip being homeschooled completely and spend time with her best friend, Blob Glost. But the mall is getting boring, and B.G. is cursed to haunt it, tethered there by some unseen force. And now Beetle's old best friend, Kat, is back in town for a sorcery apprenticeship with her Aunt Hollowbone. Kat is everything Beetle wants to be: beautiful, cool, great at magic, and kind of famous online. Beetle's quickly being left in the dust.

But Kat's mentor has set her own vile scheme in motion. If Blob Ghost doesn't escape the mall soon, their afterlife might be coming to a very sticky end. Now, Beetle has less than a week to rescue her best ghost, encourage Kat to stand up for herself, and confront the magic she's been avoiding for far too long. And hopefully ride a broom without crashing.
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