5 Worlds #4

Three young heroes — a red-haired boy clutching an instrument, a blue-skinned girl mid-sprint, and a dark-skinned companion with teal hair and a small green creature at her side — race across sweeping stone steps as a vast, grinning figure looms in a blazing golden sky above an ancient city. Created by Mark Siegel, Alexis Siegel, Xanthe Bouma, Matt Rockefeller, and Boya Sun, *5 Worlds: The Amber Anthem* radiates the kind of warmth and imagination that earned it praise from R.J. Palacio as "mind-blowingly beautiful." This 2020 volume looks like exactly the sort of richly painted, all-ages adventure that stays with readers long after the last page.