It’s official!

Eoin Colfer spoke with AFC several months ago and divulged that the team behind Illegal (Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin & Giovanni Rigano) would be reuniting for a new project. And that project is Global.

Global will tackle the topic of the climate crisis. It tells the story of two young people, Sami & Yuki, living on different continents, whose lives are impacted by the effects of global warming.

Mirroring their first graphic novel, Global will include additional material in the form of interviews with those on the front-line of climate struggle and details on how readers can help prevent climate change.

On their new graphic novel, the team said:

“Global is not a story about what might happen in the future. Each element of climate change depicted in the story is absolutely real and all of them are happening right now. It’s often children that are on the frontline of climate change and Global highlights the dangers that they face daily.”

Hodder Children’s Books will be publishing the graphic novel, which is scheduled for release in hardback during Autumn 2021, with the paperback to follow in 2022.

From: The Bookseller