Miri and the Squid

Susan Tan

Feb 2027 · WW Norton

Ebook

272

Pages

This book will become available on February 23, 2027. You will not be charged until it is released.

About this ebook

This illustrated middle grade novel sends a girl and her adorable, extradimensional octopus on a collision course with the climate apocalypse.

Aspiring scientist Miri Su is excited for her school’s field trip to Vanguard, the pioneering biotech lab at the forefront of saving the world’s soon-to-be-extinct trees. But the trip goes sideways when she discovers a strange, tentacled creature with big human eyes who . . . seems to need help?

She can’t resist rescuing (maybe stealing) it and taking it home. As Miri and her friends learn more about the Squid, they realize it is much more powerful, and maybe more dangerous, than she could have ever imagined. The Squid is a creature from another dimension. Its name is Cthulhu. And it is prophesied to bring about the end of the world.

In a mix of prose, comics, and letters, Miri and the Squid combines Eldritch magic, adventure, and heart bigger than the Great Old One to tell an upbeat story of interdimensional friendship and cosmic wonder.

This illustrated middle grade novel sends a girl and her adorable, extradimensional octopus on a collision course with the climate apocalypse. Aspiring scientist Miri Su is excited for her school’s field trip to Vanguard, the pioneering biotech lab at the forefront of saving the world’s soon-to-...

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About the author

Susan Tan currently lives in Concord, Massachusetts, and teaches at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She earned her PhD from the University of Cambridge, where she studied children’s literature. She is the author of the Cilla Lee-Jenkins and the Pets Rule! series.

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