Hatke balances the zippy adventure and adrenaline-pumped action scenes with the kids’ individual struggles to figure out what kind of person-with or without superpowers and spaceships-they want to be, and to whom they owe their love and loyalty. The main trio of saviors, Jack, Lilly, and Zita, are fallible in their tendencies toward jealousy and stubbornness, and their bickering ends up making the battle against the giants that much harder, but in the end, they do what all heroes must and successfully save the world. Fans who were thrilled with the appearance of Zita the Spacegirl (Zita the Spacegirl, BCCB 1/11 et al.) at the end of Mighty Jack and the Goblin King (BCCB 9/17) will be delighted with this adventure that sees Jack and Lilly, his partner in heroism, teaming up with Zita and her cadre of intergalactic pals to defend Earth against the invasion of vicious giants from another realm.
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