Hilo: Saving the Whole Wide World, Hardcover

DJ and Gina are TOTALLY ordinary kids. But Hilo . . . isn't. HILO is just settling into life on earth (Bowling? Knock-knock jokes? OUTSTANDING ) when strange portals begin opening up all over town. And HOLY MACKERELEven STRANGER creatures are coming through themBut it will take more than a GIANT MUTANT CHICKEN, A VIKING HIPPO, A MAGICAL WARRIOR CAT, or even a few MILLION KILLER VEGETABLES to stop Team Hilo . . . er, WON'T IT? Can Hilo, DJ, and GINA figure out how to send these creatures back to their worlds before they DESTROY the earth?

Praise for HILO
* Children's Choice 5th-6th Grade Book of the Year

* Nominated for multiple State Awards--including the Pennsylvania's Young Reader's Choice Award

* An ILA-CBC Children's Choice

``More giant robotic ants and people going 'Aaaah ' than in the complete works of Jane Austen``--Neil Gaiman, bestselling author

``Every kid would love a pal like HILO, and every kid will love this book `` --Lincoln Peirce, bestselling author of the Big Nate series

``HILO is delightful, silly, tender, and most importantly: funny.`` --Jeff Smith, bestselling author of the Bone series

``Fast paced, furiously funny, and will have kids waiting on the edge of their seats for more.``--Jeffrey Brown, bestselling author of Jedi Academy

``Action-packed...and amazing fun ``--Brad Meltzer, bestselling author of the Ordinary People Change the World series

``HILO is loads of slapstick fun with a touch of tenderness that kids will love.``--Dan Santat, Caldecott Medal Winner

``High energy and HILARIOUS ``--Gene Luen Yang, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature

``A perfect book for any kid who ever needed a friend and then had one with superpowers fall from space.`` --Seth Meyers, actor, comedian and writer

* ``Universally appealing. A wholeheartedly weird and wonderful tale of friendship, acceptance, and robots.``--Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

* ``A must-have.``--School Library Journal, Starred Review

``The most enjoyable hero to hit the library shelves in years. Good clean laser-beams-coming-outta-your-hands fun for the whole family.``--http: //blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/

``A total blast.``--The Miami Herald

``A story that can be enjoyed by the entire family.``--The New York Times