Quiet, brilliant Portia has just moved to a new neighborhood with her mom. Adjusting to life without a father is hard enough, but school is boring and her classmates are standoffish — and even Portia’s mom is strangely distant. But things start looking up when Portia mounts a late-night excursion into the woods behind her house and discovers a shy, sweet-natured purple monster. Life with Jellaby is a lot more exciting, but Portia’s purple friend has secrets of his own; secrets that may even lead to the mystery of Portia’s father’s disappearance!
- ISBN: 9781423103370
- Author: Soo, Kean
- Published: 2008, Hyperion
- Themes: action and adventure, Friendship, growing up, Monsters, Mystery
- Descriptors: Canada, Graphic Novel, Intermediate (ages 9-14)
- No. of pages: 160