Creature Clinic

Ages 8 to 12

Nurse, bring that healing potion—STAT! New York Times bestselling cartoonist Gavin Aung Than delivers an action-packed and heartwarming middle grade graphic novel that's Tui Sutherland’s The Menagarie meets Judd Winick's Hilo.

Welcome to Creature Clinic, the world’s finest—and only—hospital for mythical beings. Here, everyone from trolls and unicorns to tooth fairies and giants can expect the very best treatment. Well, with one exception. Humans are absolutely, 100 percent not welcome.

Doctor-in-training Kara Orc has worked hard and followed the rules her entire life to get where she is now. But when a human in need shows up at the hospital, her obedience is put to the test. Sure, most humans are dangerous, destructive beasts, but Kara took an oath to help all creatures. Even humans deserve care and compassion. How long can she keep such a big secret from her boss . . . who also happens to be her mother? And will her decision to do what’s right cause a rift between Kara and her mom that no medicine can cure?

About the Author

Gavin Aung Than is a New York Times-bestselling cartoonist. After working in the corporate graphic design industry for eight years, he quit his unfulfilling job to follow his true passion: making comics. His work includes Zen Pencils, a cartoon blog which adapts inspirational quotes into comic stories, the middle-grade graphic novel series Super Sidekicks, and the picture book Baa Baa Black Belt. He lives in Perth, Western Australia, with his wife and two daughters.