Calamity Jack by Shannon and Dean Hale, illustrated by Nathan Hale. 144 pp.
A follow-up to the charming Rapunzel's Revenge. This one is from the pov of Jack, Rapunzel's sidekick, and is slightly more emotionally complex. Jack's a lot more conflicted than Rapunzel was; we get his backstory, and he's been a con man and thief most of his life. He's going back to his home city to try to fix the problems he caused when he ran away one step ahead of the law, and he's also trying to impress Rapunzel with his city sophistication. Quite a lot of fun; although I enjoyed Rapunzel as narrator, her worldview is entirely black and white, whereas Jack's has many more shades of gray in it.
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