
Written & illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi
Book #1 in the WondLa series
A girl flees her destroyed sanctuary, seeking others like her in a mysterious world.
Twelve-year-old Eva Nine escapes her destroyed underground home, clutching a mysterious cardboard scrap depicting a girl, an adult, and a robot with the word 'WondLa.' Aboveground, she embarks on a quest to find others like her. As she navigates a strange world, Eva's journey raises questions about belonging and identity. Can she uncover the truth behind the enigmatic 'WondLa' and find her place in this vast universe? Her adventure is as complex as an alien planet yet driven by a simple wish for connection.
When a marauder destroys the underground sanctuary that Eva Nine was raised in by the robot Muthr, the twelve-year-year-old girl is forced to flee aboveground. Eva Nine is searching for anyone else like her, for she knows that other humans exist, because of an item she treasures–a scrap of cardboard on which is depicted a young girl, an adult, and a robot, with the strange word, “WondLa.” Tony DiTerlizzi honors traditional children’s literature in this totally original space age adventure: one that is as complex as an alien planet, but as simple as a child’s wish for a place to belong.
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