Mighty Jack and the Goblin King

Graphic novel

English language

Published Sept. 4, 2017 by First Second.

ISBN:: 978-1-250-18813-7

(1 review)

Like a bolt from the blue, Jack's little sister Maddy is gone—carried into another realm by an ogre.

When Jack and Lilly follow Maddy's captor through the portal, they are ready for anything . . . except what they find waiting for them in the floating crossroads between worlds. Even the power of their magic plants may not be enough to get them back to earth alive.

Alone and injured, Jack and Lilly must each face their own monsters—as well as giants who grind the bones of human children to feed their "beast" and a fearsome goblin king in the sewers down below.

But when Jack finds himself in a tough spot, help comes from the most unlikely person: the goblin king!

1 edition

Soh Kam Yung reviewed Mighty Jack and the Goblin King by Ben Hatke

Jack enters a world of giants and goblins to rescue his sister

3 stars

Jack's sister has been kidnapped by Giants, and it is up to Jack and his friend Lilly to rescue her from the world they now find themselves in, created by the plants that Jack and his sister planted in the previous book. Among the perils they face is the Goblin King and the machine that Giants run to keep up their rule, that must devour a human or explode.

A story full of impulsive action, heroism, friendships and sacrifices that have to be done to save a world. But it's not over yet for Jack when he discovers he has to team up with another at the end to save the world.