On a distant Blue Star, Mel, Jim, Naomi, and Doug — friends obsessed with their garage band — don’t seem that different from any of the other twelve-year-old skateboarders at Union Middle School. But everything changes when Mel is kidnapped and imprisoned in a world called the Turtle Realm. As her friends rush to save her, guided by the magical squelp Satorin, they find a world terrorized by a conquering army, a land whose villagers’ only hope is an ancient prophecy foretelling the arrival of four heroes.
- ISBN: 9780763645540
- Author: YoYo
- Illustrator: YoYo
- Published: 2009, Candlewick
- Themes: bravery, Friend, hero, Kidnapping, Magic, prophecy, Rescues
- Descriptors: Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
- No. of pages: 208