In this hilarious, hijinks-filled graphic novel super-swine Batpig is ready to face even bigger bullies, harder fights, and scariest of all—meeting his superhero idol.Ordinary pig, Gary Yorkshire, has his entire life turned upside down when a bite on the nose from a radioactive bat turns him into . . . BATPIG. With the support of his best friends, Brooklyn the bat and Carl the fish, he finally feels like he’s getting a handle on this whole superhero business. That is, until he faces a battle against time itself, when an underappreciated janitor slows down the clock so much that a math class never ever ends (the
horror!). Can Batpig save the class from never-ending fractions?
On sale: June 28, 2022
Age: 7 and up
Grade: Grades 6-8
Page count: 248 Pages
ISBN: 9780593354209
Reading level: Lexile: GN240L | Fountas/Pinnell: S
Rob Harrell is the author/illustrator of
Wink and the Batpig series, created the Life of Zarf series, the graphic novel
Monster on the Hill, and also writes and draws the long-running daily comic strip Adam@Home, which appears in more than 140 papers worldwide. He created and drew the internationally syndicated comic strip
Big Top until 2007. He lives with his pup in Indiana.
An ALA 2022 Best Graphic Novels for Children Reading List Selection
"No sophomore slump here: Harrell’s newest offering blends snicker-suffused action with a gentle emphasis on the importance of friendship. More hilarious, high-energy, hammed-up hijinks."
—Kirkus
