Every Sunday, Martin, his parents, and his dog, Maize, go to his grandparents\u2019 house. Every visit is the same; bored one day, Martin decides to \u201c[step] out into the unknown.\u201d In detailed, action-packed double-page spreads in muted colors, Martin and Maize trek across several landscapes, from the \u201cfreezing cold of ice caps\u201d to the \u201cbaking heat of lava flows.\u201d Their epic adventures turn out to be a rousing game of make-believe; exhausted after a day of play, Martin eagerly anticipates filling his family members in on all his exploits. Eagle-eyed readers will realize that this is an imaginative journey, with several objects from around the house, seen in earlier spreads, ingeniously included in Martin\u2019s daydreams. His mother\u2019s Bundt cake becomes a volcano leaving hot lava trails, while the \u201carid desert\u201d is his grandpa\u2019s sleeping face. Cross-hatching and detailed shading give the tale a charmingly retro feel. Originally published in Brazil and translated into English, this tale uses clever wordplay in conjunction with the art to further call back to the previously seen items (at one point, we\u2019re told that the boy and the canine are \u201cwithin an arm\u2019s length of sacred creatures\u201d\u2014a reference to Martin\u2019s father\u2019s dragon tattoo sleeve). Readers will eagerly return again and again to get lost in Tolentino’s sumptuous landscapes. Martin and his family are light-skinned.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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