The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by M T Anderson

The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by M T Anderson

Long-Listed for the 2018 National Book Award for Young People's Literature

Subverting convention, award-winning creators M. T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin pair up for an anarchic, outlandish, and deeply political saga of warring elf and goblin kingdoms.

Uptight elfin historian Brangwain Spurge is on a mission: survive being catapulted across the mountains into goblin territory, deliver a priceless peace offering to their mysterious dark lord, and spy on the goblin kingdom -- from which no elf has returned alive in more than a hundred years. Brangwain's host, the goblin archivist Werfel, is delighted to show Brangwain around. They should be the best of friends, but a series of extraordinary double crosses, blunders, and cultural misunderstandings throws these two bumbling scholars into the middle of an international crisis that may spell death for them -- and war for their nations. Witty mixed media illustrations show Brangwain's furtive missives back to the elf kingdom, while Werfel's determinedly unbiased narrative tells an entirely different story. A hilarious and biting social commentary that could only come from the likes of National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson and Newbery Honoree Eugene Yelchin, this tale is rife with thrilling action and visual humor . . . and a comic disparity that suggests the ultimate victor in a war is perhaps not who won the battles, but who gets to write the history.

Eugene Yelchin is a painter and illustrator from Russia. Breaking Stalin's Nose, which he both wrote and painted, earned him a Newbery Honor. His family and he live in southern California. The website for Eugeney Elchin's books is www.eugeneyelchinbooks.com.

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ISBN 13	9780763698225
ISBN 10	0763698229
Title	The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge
Author	M T Anderson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Candlewick Press,U.S.
Year published	2018-09-25
Number of pages	544
Prizes	Winner of Judy Lopez Memorial Awards for Children’s Literature 2019 (United States)
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.