LINK + HUD:
HEROES BY A HAIR

Norton Young Readers |  March 7, 2023

Description

Meet Link and Hud―brothers causing chaos in the first of a new middle grade series from real-life brothers Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey.

Lincoln and Hudson Dupré are brothers with what grown-ups call “active imaginations.” Link and Hud hunt for yetis in the Himalayas and battle orcs on epic quests. Unfortunately, their imaginary adventures wreak havoc in their real world. Dr. and Mrs. Dupré have tried every babysitter in the neighborhood and are at their wits’ end.

Enter Ms. Joyce. Strict and old-fashioned, she proves to be a formidable adversary. The boys don’t like her or her rules and decide she’s got to go. Through a series of escalating events―told as high-action comic panel sequences―the brothers conspire to undermine Ms. Joyce and get her fired. When they go so big that even Ms. Joyce can’t fix it, suddenly she’s out. Finally, success! Or is it?

With warm and authentic humor, Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey have blended prose and graphic novel-style illustrations to craft a unique and subversive new series full of brotherly mischief and mayhem.

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This cute middle grade novel by the brother team behind the picture book The Old Truck combines the comic book format with prose chapters. It’s refreshing to read a middle grade that doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s full of Black boy joy, brother love, and silliness.

  • “The Pumphrey brothers’ tale about two highly creative, collaborative, and spirited brothers is told through a hugely engaging mix of lively ­comic-panel adventures (for Link and Hud’s imaginings) and a copiously illustrated chapter-book format (for real life). Where the scenes intersect often leads to hilarity. And it just gets funnier from there.”
    –The Horn Book (starred review)

  • "An uplifting and spirited interpretation of family and boundless creativity."
    –Publishers Weekly (starred review)