Compass South Harper Collins and illustrated by Brooke Allen

and illustrated by Brooke Allen (A Home for Mr

"Sweet and fierce

and full of hope

and beautiful

An incredibly brave offering from one of comics’ most precious creators

Compass South Harper Collins and illustrated by Brooke AllenBy Hope Larson & Rebecca Mock. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). Hardcover, 224 pages, Colour, 2016. It's 1860 in New York City. When 12 year old twins Alexander and Cleopatra's father disappears, they join the Black Hook Gang and are caught by the police pulling off a heist. They agree to reveal the identity of the gang in exchange for tickets to New Orleans. But once there, Alex is shanghaied to work on a ship that is heading for San