Haru is a young blue bird that cannot fly living in a dystopian world. Their only friend is their brother Goose and Yama the pig. When Yama finds a magical item that causes strange things to happen, she wants to be rid of it, but when she throws it away it magically returns to her pocket. Yama and Haru go on a quest to the beacon to get rid of the magic item, but something dark is hunting them. #Edelweiss+

Haru wishes he could fly so that he could explore the world, and he also wishes the other birds at school didn’t laugh at him all the time. But his best friend Yama encourages him to still be himself. One day they find a cursed stone that always returns, and they are told they must travel to The Beacon to find answers. But there is something in the dark that is looking for it and looking for them. What will their journey bring?

A super cute mid-grade graphic novel about being oneself, exploring the world, and friendship. It’s very mid-grade in that it’s a little jumpy at times and the dialog is very basic, but it’s very cute. It leaves off on a major cliff hanger, so looking forward to seeing where it goes next.

Thenk you to NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for this ARC.

3 out of 5 Stars.

Story and Illustrations by artist Joe Latham.

This is a graphic novel about the characters 'Haru', a bird who dreams of flying, and their friend Yama, a boar, who are used to being on the outside. But when Yama finds a seed they are swept into a journey to save their world.

It's a seed, right? Esentially a seed of evil. Lmao.

First, I'd like to bring up the art. It's cute, but not terribly eye catching, which is one of the reasons I couldn't give this graphic novel a 4 or a 5 out of 5 like I usually would. I'm usually an easy win with graphic novels, but this honestly bored me. Cute, yes, but exciting and adventurious feeling? Nope. Just didn't take me there.

I feel bad, but I'm always Honest.

There was hardly any information at any time and they barely talked, considering one of them was supposed to be super talkative? The pig, right? Anyway. I made myself finish it, but felt no differently after.