Basil & Dahlia - MG Hake Talbot domestic life

domestic life

exuberant companion tale that's an imaginative tribute to empathy

mind-spinning chemistry they're trying to ignore

The Washington Post

Basil & Dahlia - MG Hake Talbot domestic lifeTwo orphan siblings with truly terrible luck battle an evil celebrity chef in this uproarious illustrated middle grade romp with the dark humor of A Series of Unfortunate Events and The Beast and the Bethany. Its hard to imagine things could get worse after ones parents die in a greenhouse explosion. But that is precisely what happens to Basil and his younger sister, Dahlia. They escape from the social worker who wants to split them up to different