School vacation for a year. Eternal happiness. You could wish for anything– but if it came at someone else’s expense, would you still do it? When a mysterious millionaire sells thirteen-year-old Gabe a bottle containing a wish-granting imp, it comes with a warning: any time Gabe makes a wish, someone else, somewhere, is going to lose something. Maybe something big. That means each of Gabe’s wishes should be a difficult ethical dilemma–but as he scores a Ferrari, a hot tub, and all the pizza and sub sandwiches a kid could want, he’s certain a guilty conscience is worth it . . . isn’t it? The Bottle Imp of Bright House is pithy, dark, and very, very funny, exploring the lengths people will go to for happiness– and the surprising ways small choices can swiftly spiral out of control. Gris Grimly’s bold and eerie artwork brings Gabe’s misadventures to life. Inspired by a Robert Louis Stevenson novella, this clever story is full of references to his body of work– and lots of laughs, too.
Tom Llewellyn is a writer and the author of several middle-grade novels. He lives with his wife and four kids in Tacoma, Washington. A Is for Apple, Unless . . . is his first, and hopefully not last, picture book. Mark Hoffmann is an award-winning children’s book author-illustrator and fine artist whose books include Poop by Poppy Champignon. He is also a professor of illustration at Montserrat College of Art. He lives in southern New Hampshire with his wife and son.
Gris Grimly is a children’s book illustrator who moonlights in painting and filmmaking. Some of his best-known works include Gris Grimly’s Frankenstein, Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Madness and Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Death and Dementia, and Neil Gaiman’s bestselling picture book The Dangerous Alphabet. He lives in Los Angeles.
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