"Tan's lovingly laid out and masterfully rendered tale about the immigrant experience is a documentary magically told." -- Art Spiegelman?? author of Maus

"n absolute wonder." -- Marjane Satrapi?? author of Persepolis

" magical river of strangers and their stories!" -- Craig Thompson?? author of Blankets

" shockingly imaginative graphic novel that captures the sense of adventure and wonder that surrounds a new arrival on the shores of a shining new city. Wordless?? but with perfect narrative flow?? Tan gives us a story filled with cityscapes worthy of Winsor McCay."- Jeff Smith?? author of Bone

"haun Tan's artwork creates a fantastical?? hauntingly familiar atmosphere... Strange?? moving?? and beautiful." Jon J. Muth?? Caldecott Medal-winning author of Zen Shorts

"ravo." -- Brian Selznick?? Caldecott Medal-winning author of The Invention of Hugo Cabret

"agnificent." -- David Small?? Caldecott Medalist