DFC Library: The Boss
Published on 3. November 2011
Book
Hardback
64 pages
978-0-85756-026-1 (ISBN)
Description
Meet the crime-fighters from Class Five.
When Nas and Bella overhear a crook planning a daring robbery at the castle, they know just who to tell. The Boss is the smartest kid in school. Never outsmarted or outwitted, he's marshalled his class into a crime-fighting unit that could run rings round Interpol. And with the class heading for a field trip to the castle that very day, it's the perfect chance to find out what the thieves are up to - and just maybe catch them red-handed...
When Nas and Bella overhear a crook planning a daring robbery at the castle, they know just who to tell. The Boss is the smartest kid in school. Never outsmarted or outwitted, he's marshalled his class into a crime-fighting unit that could run rings round Interpol. And with the class heading for a field trip to the castle that very day, it's the perfect chance to find out what the thieves are up to - and just maybe catch them red-handed...
Reviews / Votes
"This really is a story that deserves to be read in one, thrilling sitting, with the pace and the tension slowly ramping up throughout, until the breakneck speed of the ending finishes it all off so wonderfully well" * Forbidden Planet * "The Boss is the sort of 'kids outsmarting the adults' adventure story that children love to read and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it as well" * Down The Tubes * "With a delightfully rousing finale and a feel-good-factor ramped up to overload levels, The Boss is a welcome addition to the books collected from the pages of the DFC" * Broken Frontier * "Grippingly paced and intricately drawn" -- Tom Gatti * The Times * "The British comic is something quite unique and it's lovely to see it being reinterpreted for a modern reader . . . Lots of fun and highly recommended as an introduction to comic books outside of the more well known publishers" * didyoueverstoptothink.wordpress.com *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 11 years
Dimensions
Height: 305 mm
Width: 218 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
569 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85756-026-1 (9780857560261)
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Persons
Patrice Aggs has been illustrating children's books and magazines since 1979, working with authors such as Vivian French, Malorie Blackman and Philippa Gregory. She also provided the artwork for the Philip Pullman penned graphic novel Count Karlstein. Patrice's own books include The Visitor (Orchard Books) and The Giraffe Who Came to Dinner (Walker).
John Aggs has a first class honours degree in illustration from University College, Falmouth. His Daedalus Blue webcomic was nominated for a Webcartoonists Choice award and he won first place in Tokyo Pop's second annual Rising Stars of Manga Award.
John Aggs has a first class honours degree in illustration from University College, Falmouth. His Daedalus Blue webcomic was nominated for a Webcartoonists Choice award and he won first place in Tokyo Pop's second annual Rising Stars of Manga Award.