- Fantasy
- Hupo collection
- Ages 7–10
Hupo
Part of the collectionHupo→Best for 7–10 readers taking their first steps into longer comics — a whimsical, warm and exciting world about courage, imagination and being yourself.
- Books2
- Arcs1
- Span2025–2026
- StatusOngoing
The series
At a glance.
In the bustling town of Yorger, in the land of Yip, lives Hupo — a small creature with an enormous personality who dreams of the kind of adventures his hero the Great Humdingo has. Each volume grants that wish and complicates it: in the first, a zombifying mist creeps over town and Hupo must summon every scrap of courage, cleverness and imagination to save it; in the second, an airship journey to the Doom Lagoon lets people sink their worst fears beneath the waters, until hundreds of years of trapped fear come surging back. Billy Partridge's magical debut world is beautifully illustrated and full of heart, funny and exciting in equal measure, and perfect for newly confident readers.
Best for 7–10 readers taking their first steps into longer comics — a whimsical, warm and exciting world about courage, imagination and being yourself.
Primary themes
Overall tone
- Whimsical
- Warm
- Adventurous
- Exciting
Each book is a self-contained adventure; reading in publication order (Wonder Thief, then Doom Lagoon) is the natural way in but not essential.
One arc
The shape of the series.
- IStandalone collection arcLow sensitivity
Hupo's adventures
Self-contained whimsical quests: saving Yorger from a joy-stealing mist, then facing the surging fears of the Doom Lagoon.
The Hupo books are episodic adventures sharing a hero and a world rather than a single continuing plot. In The Wonder Thief, a mysterious zombifying mist creeps into town and snatches Hupo's friend the Aletha, forcing the adventure-hungry little creature to discover that being heroic is far harder in real life than in a book. In The Doom Lagoon, an airship journey with the suspiciously Hupo-like Zimmy leads to a lagoon where trapped fears break loose. Both are low-sensitivity, funny and exciting, built around courage, imagination and facing what scares you.
Fit check
Right for your reader?
Where the series lands by age
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- Best fit · 7–10
- Read aloud · 6–9
- Independent · 7–10
Reluctant-reader friendliness
Very high
Read-aloud quality
Workable
Adult crossover
Low
Grows with the reader
Not especially
Sensitivity envelope
Low overall, and consistent.
Where it sits
In conversation with other series.
About the author