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The Young Inferno


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No. of pages 80

Published: 2012

Great for age 7-10 years

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Can our hoodie hero make it through nine circles of Hell and back again? Will he find love with his soulmate, Beatrice? Discover the city of Dis where everybody disses everybody. Meet Frankenstein, the lovesick bouncer with the bling-bling. Come face to face with the Furies, a gang of snake-haired females in T-shirts. Prepare for a host of gluttons, bigots and plunderers from the world of history and politics. John Agard fires Dante's Inferno into the 21st century in a red-hot retelling, with wicked artwork from Satoshi Kitamura.

 

 

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published in 2012 by Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd .

John Agard is a prolific playwright, poet and author for children. In 2012 he was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry and has won a raft of other awards. Satoshi Kitamura is a Japanese children's picture book author and illustrator, famous for his watercolours and quirky characters.

 

This book features the following characters:

John Agard
This book features the character John Agard.

Aesop
This book features the character Aesop.

The words are from the extraordinary John Agard whose inventive verse is a constant wonder. Add the delights of artwork by Satoshi Kitamura and the whole book is inspired and tremendous; a total triumph. School Librarian