Billy Hooten, Owlboy

By Sniegoski, Tom & Powell, Eric Frederick William

Publishers Summary:
Unassuming twelve-year-old Billy Hooten, who loves reading superhero comic books, suddenly learns that he has been chosen to become the next Owlboy, whose destiny it is to save the inhabitants of Monstros, a city underneath the cemetery next to Billy's house.

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ISBN
978-0-38590-402-5
Publisher
New York : Yearling, c2007.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on September 1, 2007

Gr 3-6 Billy Hooten is a comic-book nerd who has been dubbed "Owlboy" by the class bully because of his last name and his big glasses. When he hears a cry for help coming from a nearby cemetery, Billy follows the voice into a crypt, where he meets Archebold, a goblin, and discovers that he is the next Owlboy, crime-fighting superhero of Monstros City, an underground world populated by every type of monster imaginable. Billy is amazed that...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2007

Quiet, unassuming Billy discovers an underworld brimming with monsters awaiting the return of their superhero savior, Owlboy. The first book describes Owlboy's origins and Bill...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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