![]() ![]() So far, so recognisable, even to human children. But Ran wants to take things more slowly. MapHead feels a real longing to meet his mother and wants to rush things along. As they need to pass for humans, they've taken new names - Boothe and Powers, from a random movie - practised their English, and enrolled MapHead at the same school as his half-brother. MapHead is a halfling and now he is almost 12, Ran has brought him to meet his human mother. ![]() MapHead can flash the map of any place across his face and bald scalp. Ran can travel through time, make things disappear and erase human memories. MapHead and his father Ran are of the Subtle World. Funny characters and universal emotions make this a truly heartwarming rite of passage story. Summary: Lovely story of a boy from a parallel world returning to make contact with his human mother. ![]()
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