Cooper is brilliant at magic tricks. Card tricks, clever illusions – he can do them all. His dad, also known as the Great Eduardo, taught him the tricks of the magical trade before he passed away. But the one thing Cooper can’t do is see his dad again.
So when a talking rabbit appears from his dad’s top hat, and reveals there is a place where Cooper might find him, he jumps at the chance. Magic is about believing the impossible, after all. And Cooper desperately wants to believe that he can see his dad once more.
But what – and who – is waiting for them in the land where magic goes wrong?
Filled with filled with humour and emotion, this is an action-packed graphic novel about finding magic when you need it the most.
How can a graphic novel have this many feels in it? (Is that really elitest to say?) I'm amazed and astonished that so much can fit into this story.
Cooper (named for a famous Cooper, probably the one you're thinking of) is a mixed up kid missing his very-recently dead father. Like most people, he doesn't know how to deal with everything he's feeling, alternately lashing out and pulling back, shouting at his mother for her coping methods and at his friend for her attempts to help. It's entirely relatable for anyone who's been through anything similar.
The difference comes when his stuffed rabbit starts to talk to him.
I'm not going to spoil the story any further than that, but I will say it's amazing, touching, funny, and the illustrations are absolutely fab. I'm really looking forward to being able to suggest this to young readers and their parents!
A really fabulous read.
A Tricky Kind of Magic publishes on the 5th of January, 2023. I received a free copy and am giving an honest review.
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