Kip likes to go
unnoticed – it’s easier if everyone simply ignores you. She likes the quietness
of staying in the shadows and the city outside is so loud.
What happens
when your favourite characters come to life and step out of their worlds to
interrupt your quiet unobtrusive life? The answer is mayhem, chaos and
embarrassing situations.
How do you
explain a race car driver leaving his video game, or a dragon-hunting rabbit
leaving his comic strip or a dinosaur from Kip’s nightmares?
Kip hopes she
is dreaming and that she will wake up soon, but that doesn’t look that will
happen in a hurry.
All Kip and her
Dad need to do is come up with a plan to get the characters back to where they
come from.
One of the highlights is the author, Matt, inserts himself into the story and even provides a script so the characters know how the story will potentially play out. There is an hilarious exchange about who the main character should be.
At school, all
the students must tell the class something unique about themselves – this is
Kip’s worst nightmare – standing in the spotlight and drawing attention to
herself.
How will it all
end? Does Kip tell them the truth about her friends The Odds?
Matt Stanton’s
junior graphic novel is a hilarious and heart-warming story about discovering
your true self and asks the question why should we be made to fit in?
Title: The Odds
Author/Illustrator: Matt StantonPublisher: ABC Books, $14.99
Publication Date: 29 October 2020
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780733340635
For Ages: 6 - 9
Type: Junior Fiction
