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The Assassination of Brangwain SpurgeSubverting 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
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.Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 09/25/2018
ISBN: 9780763698225
Pages: 544
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 8.30h x 6.00w x 1.50d
Award: National Book Awards - Finalist
Review Citations: Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2018 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Booklist 06/01/2018 pg. 97
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2018 pg. 104
Publishers Weekly 08/06/2018
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2018 pg. 75
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2018
BookPage 10/01/2018
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 197012 / Assassination of Brangwain Spurge
Reading Level: 5.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 6
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Grandson loved this series
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Grandson loved this series
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Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2025
★★★★★ 5
A super fast introductory read
Format: Kindle
A super fast introductory read, this handy tool helps one understand the salient features of an era.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2014
★★★★★ 4
Helpful and interesting introduction
Format: Paperback
This is a good quick introduction. A good supplement to a course on modernist literature or art. What is important is that it shows the Modernist project as something that encompassed art, literature, psychology, science, and politics--in other words, it contextualizes the movement.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2012
★★★★★ 5
So glad I bought this!
Format: Paperback
I am a lit teacher at an independent school, and was able to use this book to link the literature and the art of the modern movement. My students loved this project - they made their own artwork for a display at school!
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Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2013
★★★★★ 3
Very good comprehensive introduction to Modernism
Format: Kindle
Very good comprehensive introduction to Modernism. Only not too helpful for me at the moment becasue I was looking for something more specific. Butler has this wonderful ability to make connections between the arts. He constructs a bigger picture of the Modern movement where many forms are interlinked, influenced and informed one another. He also has a longer book Early Modernism that might be more helpful if you are looking for indepth and moe detailed discussions.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2015