Hicotea

A Nightlights Story

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Paperback
$10.99 US
On sale Aug 03, 2021 | 64 Pages | 9781910620595

The mind-bending, psychedlic sequel to Lorena Alvarez's best-selling graphic novel debut Nightlights is now available in a new paperback edition!

On a school field trip to the river, Sandy wanders away from her classmates and discovers an empty turtle shell. Peeking through the dark hole, she suddenly finds herself within a magical realm. Filled with sculptures, paintings and books, the turtle's shell is a museum of the natural world. But one painting is incomplete, and the turtle needs Sandy's help to finish it.
Lorena Alvarez is an Eisner Award-nominated freelance illustrator and artist and winner of the Russ Manning Newcomer Award, born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. She studied Graphic Design and Arts at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. She has illustrated for children’s books, independent publications, advertising and fashion magazines with clients including Puffin Books, Faber & Faber, Usborne Books, Parragon, Boom! Studios, Nickelodeon and Disney.

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The mind-bending, psychedlic sequel to Lorena Alvarez's best-selling graphic novel debut Nightlights is now available in a new paperback edition!

On a school field trip to the river, Sandy wanders away from her classmates and discovers an empty turtle shell. Peeking through the dark hole, she suddenly finds herself within a magical realm. Filled with sculptures, paintings and books, the turtle's shell is a museum of the natural world. But one painting is incomplete, and the turtle needs Sandy's help to finish it.

Author

Lorena Alvarez is an Eisner Award-nominated freelance illustrator and artist and winner of the Russ Manning Newcomer Award, born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. She studied Graphic Design and Arts at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. She has illustrated for children’s books, independent publications, advertising and fashion magazines with clients including Puffin Books, Faber & Faber, Usborne Books, Parragon, Boom! Studios, Nickelodeon and Disney.