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The Last Boy Above Ground: A Graphic Novel

by Rodrigo Reyes Rico

A polluted Mexico City above ground

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A polluted Mexico City above ground

A pollution wave has driven people underground, leaving Elias alone on the surface of Mexico City until Ana arrives in a stolen breathing suit, searching for a way to clean the air. Their meeting brings the city’s mutated creatures into the story and raises a question about Elias’s ability to breathe above ground. As the children face the Rat King, their survival becomes tied to whether they can cooperate—and whether people and creatures can help make a better world possible. The science-fiction premise places environmental damage, adaptation, and interdependence at the heart of this graphic novel.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Ages 9–12 interested in science-fiction graphic novels
  • Readers who enjoy stories about environmental challenges and polluted worlds
  • Young readers drawn to adventures featuring mutated creatures and children working together

Themes

Pollution and environmental recoveryAdaptation and survivalCooperation between people and creatures

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Book overview

After a world-changing pollution wave sends people below ground, Elias is the only human still hanging around Mexico City.

That is, until he meets Ana. She has snatched a breathing suit from her tunnel home and come searching for a way to clean the air. When the two collide, Ana will get an up-close look at the city's mutated creatures. And Elias will discover the secret of how he breathes above ground.

Together, the kids will need each other--and maybe even some creatures--to learn if a better world is possible. But first, they'll have to avoid the clutches of the fearsome Rat King, who's out to take them both prisoner.

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