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Pure Dead

No. of pages 256

Published: 2013

Great for age 9-12 years

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With the slates of the StregaSchloss roof crumbling round their ears, the Strega-Borgia family, complete with staff and dungeon-dwelling beasts, is forced to decamp to a local hotel for Christmas. Bored of being cooped up with only his laptop for entertainment, Titus tries his own experiment in cyber-cloning, only to end up besieged by 500 miniature versions of himself and his sister Pandora. The beasts too are fed up at the hotel. Determined to return to StregaSchloss, Ffup the dragon, Sab the gryphon and friends set off cross-country, only occasionally distracted by the call of the wild . . . A superbly labyrinthine plot weaves together clones, kids, beasts and dodgy roofers with great humour and a touch of magic in this highly acclaimed second novel.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called Pure Dead .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published in 2013 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .

Debi Gliori has written and illustrated more than 40 children's titles. In the UK she has been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway medal.

 

This book is in the following series:

Pure Dead

This book has been nominated for the following award:

Scottish Arts Council Book Award
This book was recognised by the Scottish Arts Council Book Award.

"A wildly entertaining, over-the-top, exuberant brew of domestic upheaval, Strega-Borgia style. Gliori knows family interaction and she relates it with gusto, her skill as a storyteller characterised by her ability to take what her readers will know and wrap it up as something extraordinary" * Scotsman *

 

"A breezy combination of wild charicature, computer-savvy contemporary sensibility and lavatorial jokes that should appeal to nine to twelve year olds" * The Sunday Times *

 

"Adopts a relentless narrative pace. There's only one tempo permitted - fast-forward . . . Wonderful read-aloud material" * TES *

 

"Terrific invention, magic, jokes and an excellent narrative style" * Daily Telegraph *