The Filth Licker - Brossura

Burne, Cristy

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ISBN 10: 1847801366 ISBN 13: 9781847801364

Casa editrice: Frances Lincoln Childrens Books, 2011

Riassunto

Miku Takeshita's trip to School Camp with her class finds Oscar covered in a festering rash, her friends Cait and Alex on a secret mission to overcome Super Demons, and a Filth Licker living in the boys' toilets.

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Recensione:

"Monsters new to the West are introduced in Cristy Burne's Takeshita Demons . . . Things get chilling when a supply teacher turns out to be a nukekubi (a child-eating spirit), whose head flies off. Fortunately, there are protective spirits, too." — Sunday Times

L'autore:

Cristy Burne has joint New Zealand and Australian citizenship, has traveled widely and lived for several years in Japan as a teacher and editor. It was during this time that she became fascinated with Japanese folklore and the supernatural yokai - demons - which are very much a part of Japanese culture, but little known outside Japan. She won the Voices on the Coast Youth Literature Award for emerging writers, in Queensland, Australia, but Takeshita Demons was her first published book. Burne and her family live in Perth, Australia.Siku is a well-known illustrator for comic books and graphic novels, working for the major companies in the field, including 2000AD magazine and Marvel Comics. His best-known book is The Manga Bible. Siku lives and works in London and Essex.

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• Editore: Frances Lincoln Childrens Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1847801366
• ISBN 13: 9781847801364
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 204
• Disegnatore: Siku