Book description
A modern middle-grade graphic novel retelling of Beowulf, featuring a gang of troublemaking kids who must defend their tree house from a fun-hating adult who can instantly turn children into grown-ups.
Listen! Hear a tale of mallow-munchers and warriors who answer candy’s clarion call!
Somewhere in a generic suburb stands…
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Having never read the epic poem of "Beowulf," I didn’t quite know what to expect from this book, but I was truly amazed and enchanted by this skewed retelling.
Zach Weinersmith clearly shows his scholarship in the source material, peppering the plot with prickly pops of alliteration and silkily sliding along the songs of the original while making it totally, completely, marvelously its own creature.
Boulet’s black-and-white illustrations meld with the prose so that each page is a feast, a sumptuous serving of slightly silly strength that left me hungry for more. Yes, maybe it’s a kid’s book, but then…
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