The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge
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The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge

Written by M T Anderson & illustrated by Eugene Yelchin
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10 - 14
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544
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77
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760L
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Sep 25, 2018
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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.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780763698225
    Publication Date
    September 25, 2018
    Publisher
    Candlewick Press
    Page Count
    544
    Words Per Page
    77
    Audience
    Middle Grade
    Reading Age
    10 - 14 years
    Lexile® Level
    760L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~R
    ATOS® Book Level
    5.3
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    6
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    197012
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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