BIBI BLUNDERMUSS AND THE TREE ACROSS THE COSMOS

BIBI BLUNDERMUSS AND THE TREE ACROSS THE COSMOS is a thrilling children’s adventure featuring a brave girl on a terrifying quest to find her missing parents, accompanied by her loyal companion Eek, a black cat. Andrew Durkin has spun a fantastical journey that is sure to sate the appetites of middle-grade readers, with its fast-paced short chapters, intensely evocative world-building and detailed characterization of otherworldly creatures and environments. Bibi’s phobia serves as a fascinating example of how anxiety and crippling fear can realistically look and feel like – introducing nuances of mental health while demonstrating that one need not be ‘fearless’ to face and overcome their worst nightmares.