Game for Adventure: Belinda the Unbeatable

The upbeat Belinda and the shy Barbara join a magical round of musical chairs. When their school gym transforms into a rowdy, colourful obstacle course, the players have to navigate hills, sand traps and giant musical notes! Although Belinda and Barbara are very different players, their friendship will keep them in the game. This bright, word-free graphic novel is the second in the Game for Adventure series, which features a diverse cast of characters who play classic games in fun, fantasy settings.

“"This wordless graphic novel by an Eisner Award-nominated duo centers on an unusual competition. Belinda is a born leader who makes friends easily. Barbara is timid and shy. As best friends, they balance each other perfectly. Together they play a magical game of musical chairs. In the fantasy world, players must dodge oversize musical notes bouncing down the path and run up and down hills in the quest to sit upon numbered thrones that ensure players' safety and passage to the next round. The game is nearly ruined when two children exhibit poor sportsmanship, but Belinda and Barbara win in the end. Their kindness toward each other promotes a powerful message: friendship is more important than competition. The vibrant digital artwork, with its cartoonish style, is reminiscent of Sunday morning comics. VERDICT A great comic book for the early elementary crowd. Put this on the shelf beside the Toon books series."--School Library Journal”

"An excellent adventure for reluctant readers, fierce competitors, lovers of wordless tales—and readers who just love an action-packed, rollicking story."—starred, Kirkus Reviews

Two-time Eisner nominee Lee Nordling is an award-winning writer, editor, and creative director who has worked on staff at Disney Publishing, DC Comics, and Nickelodeon Magazine. His book The Bramble won the 2013 Moonbeam Gold Medal for Picture Books (ages 4-8), and BirdCatDog, an Eisner Award nominee, was chosen by Kirkus Reviews as one of the best children's books of 2014, and won the Moonbeam Spirit Award for Imagination. The third book in his Three-Story Book series, SheHeWe, was a 2016 Eisner Award nominee. His current Game for Adventure series—beginning with Andrew the Seeker, and Belinda the Unbeatable, the latter garnering two starred reviews from Booklist and Kirkus—concludes in Spring 2018 with Chavo the Invisible. He lives in Sacramento, California with his wife, Cheri, and numerous pets that earn their kibble by offering inspiration. Scott Roberts (also known as Thomas Scott Roberts) is a writer and cartoonist. He's the creator of the comic Patty-Cake and the author of the fantasy novel The Troubling Stone. He lives in Delaware with his wife, two step-kids, and two dogs.

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