THIS WAS OUR PACT GN ADRIAN TOMINE and the ants' all-too-familiar desire

and the ants' all-too-familiar desire to rebuild

Shifting between the everyday and the surreal

it's the story of this war

rendered in Thompson's exquisite ink line

Kaidu is one such outsider

THIS WAS OUR PACT GN ADRIAN TOMINE and the ants' all-too-familiar desireStand by Me meets My Neighbor Totoro in this astonishing, magical realist adventure story for middle grade readers. It's the night of the annual Autumn Equinox Festival, when the town gathers to float paper lanterns down the river. Legend has it that after drifting out of sight, they'll soar off to the Milky Way and turn into brilliant stars. This year, Ben and his classmates are determined to find out where those lanterns really go, and they made a