“Every kid would LOVE a pal like HILO, and every kid will LOVE this book!” —LINCOLN PEIRCE, author of BIG NATE THE BOY WHO CRASHED TO EARTH Includes Make- Your-Own Comics! byby juddjudd winickwinick EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK! IS OUTSTANDING! “HILO is DELIGHTFUL, SILLY, TENDER, and most importantly: FUNNY.” —JEFF SMITH, bestselling author of the Bone series “HILO is loads of SLAPSTICK FUN with a touch of tenderness that KIDS WILL LOVE.” —DAN SANTAT, Caldecott Medal Winner “High energy and HILARIOUS!” —GENE LUEN YANG, winner of the Printz and Eisner Awards, two-time National Book Award Finalist “HILO is FAST PACED, FURIOUSLY FUNNY, and will have kids waiting on the edge of their seats for more.” —JEFFREY BROWN, bestselling author of Jedi Academy and Darth Vader and Son Art © 2015 Judd Winick #HiLoBook BOOK 1 BY JUDD WINICK WITH COLOR BY GUY MAJOR KEEP READING FOR A SNEAK PEEK . RANDOM HOUSE NEW YORK This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Copyright © 2015 by Judd Winick All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company, New York. Random House and the colophon are registered trademarks of Random House LLC. Visit us on the Web! randomhousekids.com Educators and librarians, for a variety of teaching tools, visit us at RHTeachersLibrarians.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Winick, Judd. The boy who crashed to Earth / Judd Winick. — First edition. p. cm. — (Hilo ; book 1) Summary: “When a mysterious boy falls from the sky, friends D.J. and Gina must discover the secrets of his identity and help him save the world.” —Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-0-385-38617-3 (trade) — ISBN 978-0-385-38618-0 (lib. bdg.) — ISBN 978-0-385-38619-7 (ebook) 1. Graphic novels. [1. Graphic novels. 2. Amnesia—Fiction. 3. Identity—Fiction. 4. Robots—Fiction. 5. Extraterrestrial beings—Fiction. 6. Friendship—Fiction. 7. Science fiction.] I. Title. PZ7.7.W57Boy 2015 [Fic]—dc23 2014030736 MANUFACTURED IN CHINA 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Book design by John Sazaklis First Edition Random House Children’s Books supports the First Amendment and celebrates the right to read. FREE SAMPLE COPY—NOT FOR SALE AAAAAAH! 1 2 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 7 GOOD AT ONE THING 8 GOOD AT ONE THING 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 BOOM 16 18 19 20 21 22 MEET HILO, D.J., AND GINA! D.J. and Gina are TOTALLY ordinary kids. But Hilo . isn’t. Hilo doesn’t know where he came from, or what he’s doing on Earth. (Or why going to school in only your UNDERWEAR is a BAD idea.) But, UH-OH, what if Hilo wasn’t the ONLY thing that fell to our planet? Can the trio unlock the secrets of Hilo’s past? Can Hilo SURVIVE a day at school? Find out in HiLo, a LAUGH-OUT- LOUD, EPIC story of FRIENDSHIP! ADVENTURE! (And the occasional mutant robot ant.) “A PERFECT book for any kid who ever needed a friend and then had one with superpowers fall from space.” —SETH MEYERS, actor, comedian, and writer HiLoBook.com #HiLoBook Random @JuddWinick House Order your copy of THE BOY WHO CRASHED TO EARTH BY JUDD WINICK From one of the below retailers: For more online accounts, click here..