01784cam a2200253 4500 599077302 TxAuBib 20200902120000.0 190621s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781524772840 1524772844 (OCoLC)1105149421 YDX eng YDX BDX CD5 OCLCO OCLCF CD5 TxAuBib Oppel, Kenneth, author. Inkling / Kenneth Oppel. New York, NY : Yearling Books/Random House, 2020. 256 pages : black and white illustrations ; 20 cm. The Rylance family is stuck. Dad's got writer's block. Ethan promised to illustrate a group project at school--even though he can't draw. Sarah's still pining for a puppy. And they all miss Mom. Enter Inkling. Inkling begins life in Mr. Rylance's sketchbook. But one night the ink of his drawings runs together--and then leaps off the page! This small burst of creativity is about to change everything. Ethan finds him first. Inkling has absorbed a couple chapters of his math book--not good--and the story he's supposed to be illustrating for school--also not good. But Inkling's also started drawing the pictures to go with the story--which is amazing! It's just the help Ethan was looking for! Inkling helps the rest of the family too--for Sarah he's a puppy. And for Dad he's a spark of ideas for a new graphic novel. It's exactly what they all want. It's not until Inkling goes missing that this family has to face the larger questions of what they--and Inkling--truly need. 20200902. Families. Pets. Graphic novels. Children's stories.