5 Worlds

Graphic novel series from Penguin Random House Children's Books. Written by brothers Mark Siegel and Alexis Siegel. Art by Xanthe Bouma, Matt Rockefeller, and Boya Sun. The final book, The Emerald Gate, will be released on Novmber 16th, 2021!

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It has been SO long since we have shared anything here but we wanted to share this big update for fans of the series!

Last year, @andartapictures created this incredible teaser trailer for a potential 5 Worlds animated series. Their attention to detail and dedication to bringing the original style from the books to life made this experience a dream come true for all of us.

TODAY, they've launched a kickstarter campaign to bring the whole series into production. The team has prepared so many unique goodies and rewards! Check it out if you are interested in helping bring the rich story and world building of the comics to the screen ⭐

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Guess what!? The next 5 Worlds book finally has an official release date. You’ll find the fifth and final book, 5 Worlds: The Emerald Gate, on shelves November 16th, 2021! You can pre-order now from any bookstore.

Here’s the cover, where we find our heroes on the dangerous and lush planet of Grimbo (E) 🌱

Thank you for all the asks, curiosity and patience about the pub date. We’re so excited for you to see the conclusion of Oona, Jax and An Tzu’s journeys!

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5 Words book 4 is out now!! We are hard at work finishing the last volume these days. Please check out our Instagram account @5worldsteam for more frequent previews, updates, Q and As and peaks into our process. Thank you all for your continued love and support!! ❤️

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If you were to make a 6th book, do you know what would be the 6th world? -from my 8 year old brother who has fallen in love with your series

Hmmm great question! If there were to be a 6th book it would have to be about the Felid home word inside the sun! (No plans currently, the 5th volume will conclude the series and will be released on 8/3/21)

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When will The 5th book come out???

The current release date for book 5 is August 3rd 2021! Things might get shifted again due to the ongoing pandemic, but that is what we are working towards. Thanks so much for your support- it’ll be worth the wait!!

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HOw many books are there going to be in the seires in the future

There will be 5 books total! Book 4 releases May 12 and we are hard at work on book 5!

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Hey I just finished the 3rd book and I must say that the outfits and backgrounds are absolutely stunning! Do u have any inspiration or do you create all of that as you go along?

thank you! the artists did a lot of research at the very start of the series based on moodboards that mark and alexis made (i think we looked at a lot of moebius, ghibli and various fashion blogs), and in between each book we spend about a month or so devoted to creating concepts for whatever world the trio is visiting so that there’s reference when we’re actually drawing the pages. we make some stuff up on the fly, but more often than not we have already created it. since there are three of us designing, the outfit and world design winds up being a combination of our influences!

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when will the Amber Anthem come out??????????????????????

The Amber Anthem comes out May 12, 2020!

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Y'all's books are currently making school a little less insufferable so thank you so much

Wow we’re so happy to hear that  :’) Glad you’re enjoying the series!

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Hi there I just finished reading the first three books of the series, and I can’t stop rereading them, I know it’s just a little while till The Amber Anthem comes out, but do you have an exact date for when it’s coming out?

Hello and thanks so much for reading!! The Amber Anthem will release May 12, 2020. 

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Hey, so I just bought the first and second books at barns and nobles today. while I was there they had 3 copies of the cobalt princess 2 of the copies had a blue number 2 on the spine and the other one had a yellow 2. I was wondering if there is a difference between the two or if it was just a printing error or something like that???

Hello - thanks so much for picking up 5 Worlds! Good catch- yes the first print run of book 2 had that printing error- all of the following volumes will have their own unique color for the number on the spine.

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I've just read book 3 and I need to say WOW!!! I love you guys and ur work, the art, the story, all mind-blowing keep it up! I can't wait till I read book 4! Ive also noticed that the illustrations for you guys at the backs of the books changes/progresses each book, is there a small story going on? thanks for ur time!

Thank you so much!! Yes – how observant! Each of our 5worldsonas have their own little story arc :)

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What’s the story with An Tzu’s eyes in the 3rd book? I’ve already got a theory, but I must know!

You’ll have to keep reading to find out! The Amber Anthem comes out May 2020 so you’ve got a while, but not TOO much longer :)

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when is the release date for 5 worlds the amber anthem?

It will be releasing May 2020! Can’t wait for you to read it :D

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If you think about it, the Five Worlds are just parallel versions of our own planet:•Mon Domani→Europe, This planet is portrayed as the 'Old World' (Europe is called the 'Old Continent') as well as the "capital" of all the worlds, its importance is even represented by the fact that Mon Domani is the planet and the others are the moons rotating around it, these moons were also conquered by the Old World and were all ruled as colonies (similar to how Europe had a huge imperialist system and conq

Nailed it!!! The writers were definitely thinking about this when creating the histories of each of the 5 Worlds.

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It's quite early since the release of Book 3 but there is going to a 4th book after this?

That’s right! There will be a total of 5 volumes in the series, so look forward to the next two! 

The next book, the Amber Anthem, should be out next spring.

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I do have a question. What is going to happen to the blue beacon? Will the lighting of the blue beacon be shoved into another one of the books or something else?

That is an excellent question! But you’ll have to keep reading to find out :D