The Unsinkable Walker Bean

The Unsinkable Walker Bean by Aaron Renier

Wow! Another graphic novel winner, Loved it!! but then I do love a good pirate story and this one has a little bit of everything I could love in a story - an underdog of a main character Walker, chubby, shy, stay at home kind of guy - Grandpa, with a strange curse cast upon him and memories of great adventures that all should aspire to - pirates, battles, a skull with a powerful curse, seawitches, friends, banjos, castaways and the promise of more. Whew, that was a lot to pack into a sentence let alone a book.

If you're a fan of graphic novels, a fan of Rapunzel Revenge or Calamity Jack, a fan of Bone, a fan of Pirates of the Caribbean, then I think you've just found your next book to read.

Here's a taste more of what it's about:

Walker Bean never wanted to be a high-seas pirate waging a pitched battle with the forces of the deep. It just worked out that way.

Meek, mild and a little geeky, Walker is always happiest in his Grandfather's workshop messing around with his inventions. But when his beloved Grandfather is struck by an ancient curse, it falls on Walker to return an accursed Pearl Skull to the witches who created it, and his path will be strewn with pirates, magical machines, ancient lore and deadly peril.

Can't wait for more of this story to be told.

Read On.