Graphic Novel Review: Ember and the Island of Lost Creatures by Jason Pamment
Posted on March 21, 2024 at 8:34 am by Gene Ambaum
Ember and the Island of Lost Creatures by Jason Pamment. Harper Alley, 2023. 9780063065208. 288pp.
Ember is a tiny boy who lives in a huge city and dreams of going to school with the “giant” kids at Seawinds Elementary. One day he slips and falls into the schoolyard and, after an Indian Jones-esque escape, ends up on a beach where he meets Lua, a sea turtle. She tells him about an island she found when she was a little turtle, a magical place full of lost creatures where she went to school and learned about the world. And she offers to take him there.
And the island is super cool, but telling you more about it and what happens there would spoil this graphic novel for you. This book is just as beautifully drawn as Pamment’s Treasure in the Lake, and it’s full of strange, magical, and mostly friendly animals and plants. My favorite character is Ember’s first friend on the island, a rock that helps him get to school on his first day. (Doug the dung beetle is a close second.)
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