The Boy to Beat the Gods

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WEEK JUNIOR BOOK AWARDS, THE JHALAK PRIZE AND THE BRANFORD BOASE AWARD "Thrilling, tautly-written, pulls you right in and keeps you there! Plus: bonus trickster god!" Louie Stowell, author of Loki "A fast-paced, first-class debut with action scenes that will leave you breathless and characters who will have you cheering. I loved it!" A.F. Steadman, author of the Skandar series Discover a fierce and fun story of one boy versus six gods, from a magical new voice in children's fiction... Kayode dreams of eating the forbidden fruit of the Orishas, so he can gain the power of th e gods and stop them terrorizing his people. So when a fruit mysteriously appears in his path after the Orishas snatch his sister, he leaps on it. Surging with new and difficult-to-control powers, he joins forces with a shapeshifting trickster god and a vengeful princess to save his sister and put an end to the mighty Orishas. But each has more fearful powers than the last - and Kayode's stolen half-god strength won't last for ever... EAN: 9781805075639 Farbverschnitt: Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. Erscheinungsjahr: 04.07.2024 Produktform: Kartoniert Autoren: Thorpe, Ashley Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: 262 Keyword: children fiction book; children fiction book 9 year old; children fiction book 9-12 year old; adventure stories children; adventure fiction 9 year old; fantasy stories kid; fantasy stories 9 year old; magic stories children; osborne Fachschema: Englische Belletristik / Kinder- u. Jugendliteratur~Englische Bücher / Kinderliteratur, Jugendliteratur~Englisch / Kinderliteratur, Jugendliteratur~Kinder- u. Jugendliteratur / Englisch~Kinder- u. Jugendliteratur / Kinderliteratur / Ab 10 Jahre~Abenteuer / Kinderliteratur, Jugendliteratur~Fantasy / Kinderliteratur, Jugendliteratur Fachkategorie: Kinder/Jugendliche: Action- und Abenteuergeschichten~Kinder/Jugendliche: Fantasy und magischer Realismus, Kinder/Jugendliche: Sachbuch: Monster, Drachen & Sagenwesen Bildungszweck: für den Primarbereich~National Curriculum Key Stage 2 (England und Wales) Interesse Alter: empfohlenes Alter: ab 9 Jahre Altersempfehlung / Lesealter: 18 ab Alter: 9 bis Alter: 12 Verlag: Usborne Publishing Länge: 195 mm Breite: 127 mm Höhe: 21 mm Gewicht: 228 gr Genre: Importe