Inkling

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Get ready—a littleink blot is about to become your new best friendThe Rylance family is stuck. Dad’s got writer’s block. Ethanpromised to illustrate a group project at school—even though he can’t draw.Sarah’s still pining for a puppy. And they all miss Mom so much more than theycan say.Enter Inkling. Inkling begins life in Mr. Rylance’ssketchbook. Then one night the ink of his drawings runs together—and leaps offthe page! This small burst of creativity is about to change everything.Ethan finds him first. Inkling has absorbed a couple of chaptersof his math book—not good—and the story he’s supposed to be illustrating forschool—also not good. But Inkling’s also started drawing the pictures to gowith Ethan’s story, which is amazing! It’s just the help Ethan was looking for!Inkling helps the rest of the family too. For Sarah he’s a puppy. And for Dadhe’s a spark of ideas for a new graphic novel. It’s exactly what they all wanted.It’s not until Inkling goes missing that this family isforced to face the larger questions of what they—and Inkling—truly need.With this book, Kenneth Oppel has given us a smallmasterpiece of middle-grade fiction. Inklingis funny and fizzy and exciting, and it brims with the kind of interestingideas and dilemmas that kids will love to wrestle with. And Sydney Smith hascreated wonderfully inky illustrations to bring the story to vivid life. Show more