After dis­re­gard­ing her sci­en­tist moth­er’s warn­ing to stay out of her work­space, Nao­mi must res­cue her class­mate Ben from an absurd­ly fun­ny trans­for­ma­tion. Using an inven­tion he finds in the lab, Ben turns him­self into a pota­to pan­cake. Nao­mi and her moth­er attempt to help him, but he doesn’t want to be saved; he is enjoy­ing the atten­tion he is receiv­ing and would pre­fer to remain a pota­to pancake.

Although there’s a dead­line for sav­ing Ben and thus a tiny bit of ten­sion, noth­ing here is fright­en­ing — it’s sim­ply an amus­ing and alto­geth­er charm­ing graph­ic nov­el. The mut­ed but col­or­ful illus­tra­tions also pull the read­er in.

Don’t be sur­prised if you find your­self crav­ing a crispy pota­to latke while enjoy­ing this book! Might be good to have a few handy. Alas, no recipes are provided!