I Kill Giants tells the story of Barbara Thorson, an acerbicfifth-grader so consumed with fantasy that she doesn't just tell people that shekills giants with an ancient Norse warhammer - she starts to believe itherself. The reasons for Barbara's troubled behavior are revealed through thecourse of the book, as she learns to reconcile her fantasy life with the realworld.
In 2012, I Kill Giants writer Joe Kelley and artist J.M. Ken Niimurareceived the International Manga Award, an honor given by the Japanese ForeignMinistry to an outstanding comic book or graphic novel.
