Love this! Good vs evil, creative, friendly, weird, and creepy cardboard monsters come to life. This story has probably been floating in Mr. TenNapel brain since he was a kid - it's more than just a box.
From page 12 --
"Gideon, this is an empty box."
"Empty? It's full! Full of ideas... projects... adventure!
"He does like to make things."
"Now you're getting it! Make a submarine, a monster, a train! It beats the heck out of some dumb ol' remote-controlled car! - To the naked eye it appears to be just a plain old cardboard vessel! But this is actually a father-and-son project in disguise! Slay the giant! Kill the Nazis! Hunt for buried treasure! It's up to you! No, this is not just a box! It's everything mankind ever needed to accomplish pressed into a cube of corrugated pulp!
And alas that cube of corrugated pulp becomes a whole nother world, complete with living and breathing creatures and creations. Now part of the problem is how to escape it.
Full colour illustrations and characters that you truly feel you know and can relate with, bring this story to life. I appreciate how one reviewer wrote " Marcus is like a teenage version of Calvin from Calvin & Hobbes."
Summary from back cover:
Cam's down and out father gives him a cardboard box for his birthday and he knows it's the worst present ever. To make the best of a bad situation, they bend the cardboard into a man - and to their astonishment, it comes magically to life. But the neighbourhood jerk, Marcus, warps the powerful cardboard into his own evil creations that threaten to destory them all!
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