Super Happy Magic Forest and the Deep Trouble

What’s it about?

The story.

Something has gone wrong, and the only solution involves going underwater. Blossom, Gumball, Trevor, Herbert, and Hoofius find themselves beneath the waves, in a world of merpeople, sea creatures, and underwater mysteries that turns out to have just as many problems as the forest they came from, only wetter. Matty Long's third chapter book is the most visually distinctive entry in the chapter book series, taking full advantage of the underwater setting for a completely different colour palette and a new set of visual jokes. The cast of underwater characters adds fresh comedy dynamics while the familiar group continues to be its excellent, bickering, occasionally competent self. The self-acceptance thread in this book, around one character's particular insecurity and how the group responds, is lightly handled but adds slightly more emotional weight than the earlier entries. Best read in sequence.