LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
Book of the Month, chosen by our Guest Editor for October 2023, Jennifer Killick: This is a brilliant graphic novel for older readers who are looking for something suitably horrible for Halloween month. The main characters, Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain, are investigating a string of suspicious deaths in a small town, fighting and wise-cracking their way to the truth. Excellent chemistry between the characters, properly chilling monsters, and heart. As soon as I finished reading, I was desperate for more.
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Bad Magic Synopsis
Experience Skulduggery Pleasant as never before - in this fully original graphic novel brought vibrantly to life in full colour.
A small town in the middle of Ireland, a string of unexplained deaths and a monster on the loose. Better call in the experts.
When Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain drive into Termoncara, they discover a town with a dark past and a people haunted by their own secrets. There is a creature stalking the streets - a creature who delights in cruelty, who feeds off the little hatreds, who grows stronger with every drop of blood spilled.
Horror and mystery collide in an original graphic novel by Derek Landy, P. J. Holden, Matt Soffe, Rob Jones and Pye Parr.
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9780008585785 |
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12th October 2023 |
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Derek Landy |
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HarperCollins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
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Paperback |
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144 pages |
| Series: |
Skulduggery Pleasant |
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Press Reviews
Derek Landy Press Reviews
Praise for the Skulduggery Pleasant series:
'A writer at the height of his powers . . . Whatever your age, read them and enjoy the ride' Irish Independent
'Fast and funny' The Times
'Skulduggery Pleasant serves up a thoroughly satisfying blend of humour, magic and adventure' Rick Riordan
'Landy's witty style will win him fans of all ages' Irish Mail on Sunday
'Hugely enjoyable - a thrill-a-minute adventure' Jonathan Stroud
'A fast evolving plot and a great mix of scariness and humour' Sunday Express
'Exciting, pacy, nicely handled and fun' Philip Ardagh, Guardian
'Gripping' Observer
'A remarkably accomplished debut with wonderful dialogue' Irish Times
'A rip-roaring adventure' Irish Sunday Independent
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About Derek Landy
Derek Landy is far too modest to talk about any awards or accolades his books may have won. He will not, for instance, mention the fact that his first book, Skulduggery Pleasant, won the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book of the Decade Award AND the Red House Children's Book Award, or that his second, Playing With Fire, won an Irish Book Award for Children's Book of the Year, or that his third, The Faceless Ones, is his mother's personal favourite. He could go on, all the way to The End of the World, which is the title of the story he wrote for World Book Day 2012, but he won’t.
He lives in Ireland with a variety of cats, a German Shepherd, and two geriatric Staffordshire Bull Terriers who keep peeing on his kitchen floor because they think it's funny.
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