7 Inch Kara Vol. 2
by Becca Hillburn
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Send NetGalley books directly to your Kindle or Kindle app
1
To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. Click here for step-by-step instructions.
2
Also find your Kindle email address within your Amazon account, and enter it here.
Pub Date Jan 06 2021 | Archive Date Mar 31 2021
Talking about this book? Use #7InchKaraVol2 #NetGalley. More hashtag tips!
Description
Tackle big adventure with larger than life friendships!
In a supply room closet. In an abandoned shed. At the base of an old Spanish Oak. Lilliputians are everywhere if you know how to look for the signs. Sometimes, if your heart is open, you might even befriend one.
7” Kara is a story of family and friendship, following the adventures of tiny Lilliputian Kara as she explores the larger outside world. Sheltered her entire life, Kara longed for adventure, but found more than she bargained for when she met a human teenager and her pet kitten. Told in graphic novel format, 7” Kara is an ongoing comic series sure to delight readers old and young!
Kara and Naomi begin a tentative and unusual friendship over shared loneliness and a fondness for gregarious black kittens. Despite their differences, the two girls bond over art supplies, cups of tea, and comic books. Kara learns how to ride a kitten, and the two girls devise a way to communicate across long distances. But life isn’t all tea parties and glitter—Kara’s parents are preparing to move out into the wilderness, and Kara isn’t ready to give up everything she’s ever known. Summer is drawing to a close, and big changes and new places are in store for Naomi, too. Can Naomi and Kara find a way to stay friends?
A Note From the Publisher
Becca Hillburn creates children’s comic books inspired by real world experiences and designed to have a positive impact on society. As a comic artist, it’s important for her to create stories that not only provide opportunities for escapism but also to use her experiences to create a lens for the readers to view the world from another perspective. Becca’s characters serve to hold this lens, and in her latest comic, 7” Kara Vol. 2, Kara is a tiny girl in a world of giants. Kara is impulsive, emotional, and mostly happy.
As someone who is ADHD, Becca designed Kara to reflect the best that ADHD has to offer—outgoing, gregarious, and charismatic; Kara’s impulsivity is often charming and allows her to engage with a potentially scary and dangerous world in a positive way. She is loved for who she is and what she has to offer, something that many children with ADHD do not get to experience. Kara is a fun character to write, because she reflects Becca’s own impulsive nature while maintaining a childish innocence that enables her to engage with new people in a positive way.
This middle-grade graphic novel series, painted by hand in lush watercolor, focuses on the unlikely friendship between Becca’s Lilliputian lass and a lonely human teen. She put a strong focus on finding common ground despite differences as well as challenging toxic family relationships and broken power dynamics. She uses the size differences in 7” Kara to demonstrate how the strong, even when working with the best intentions, can have a serious negative impact on the weak. This is setting up future volumes to deeply explore how easily a relationship with power imbalances can tip into an abusive relationship, as well as how to correct that imbalance.
Advance Praise
"A pleasing new installment to a charming series"
—Kirkus Reviews
Hillburn paints exactly the kind of miniature world I loved reading about as a kid, or heck, even as an adult! As Kara and Naomi navigate their differences (and not just in size), it's a good reminder that we all have things to teach and things to learn from those around us.”
—Zack Giallongo, creator of STAR WARS DOODLES and BROXO
“A charming story that will make you hope to find tiny friends in the summertime. Becca's characters bubble with joy and affection."
—Jerzy Drozd, co-author of SCIENCE COMICS: ROCKETS
"Readers will relish the quiet wonders of the Lilliputian way of life. As the curious Kara leads us on a discovery of her tiny world, we can all find new joy in the small pleasures of the ordinary. 7 Inch Kara is a beautifully spun tale of friendship and adventure, and a must read for Ghibli lovers and fans of Yotsuba&!"
—Kate Rhodes & Jen Xu
"I enjoyed the behind the scenes work of a comic artist, and I think kids and other creatives surely will as well."
—Words with Destiny
Marketing Plan
We have a mailing list specifically for this series of 1,500 readers and growing. FB ads are regularly running to grow that list. Additionally, we used FB look-alike audience ads to leverage sales and other promotions. Further, we've been gearing up to launch Amazon keyword ads. We plan to contact libraries and retailers directly as Kara becomes available through wholesalers
We will continue to leverage social media: YouTube (12,858), Twitter (3,465), Instagram (2,106), Studio’s Tumblr (1,538), 7” Kara mailing list (1,570), Studio’s mailing list (1,054), Studio's Facebook (693), 7” Kara Tumblr (621), Blogger (431 unique readers per day), Pinterest (336), Discord Channel (96).
We had planned to do many in-person conventions and a book tour, but that's not very feasible due to COVID-19. Currently, we're working with some libraries to do digital book launches.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781735567822 |
| PRICE | $29.99 (USD) |
