The Blue Road: A Fable of Migration -- Wayde Compton, Paperback

In this stunning graphic novel, Lacuna is a girl without a family, a past, or a proper home. She lives alone in a swamp made of ink, but with the help of Polaris, a will-o'-the-wisp, she embarks for the fabled Northern Kingdom, where she might find people like her. The only way to get there, though, is to travel the strange and dangerous Blue Road that stretches to the horizon like a mark upon a page. Along the way, Lacuna must overcome trials such as the twisted briars of the Thicket of Tickets and the intractable guard at the Rainbow Border. At the end of her treacherous journey, she reaches a city where memory and vision can be turned against you, in a world of dazzling beauty, divisive magic, and unlikely deliverance. Finally, Lacuna learns that leaving, arriving, returning -- they're all just different words for the same thing: starting all over again.

The Blue Road -- the first graphic novel by acclaimed poet and prose writer Wayde Compton and illustrator April dela Noche Milne -- explores the world from a migrant's perspective with dreamlike wonder.

Ages 12 and up.

Author: Wayde Compton
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Published: 10/22/2019
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.90w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9781551527772
Audience: Young Adult

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2019
School Library Journal 12/13/2019 pg. 1

About the Author
April dela Noche Milne is a Filipino Canadian artist based in Vancouver. She studied fine arts at Langara College and graduated with a BFA in illustration from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. The Blue Road is her first graphic novel.