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Roald Dahl's darkly funny masterpiece, The Witches, now available
as a graphic novel from Eisner Award-winning artist Penelope
Bagieu! Witches are real, and they are very, very dangerous. They
wear ordinary clothes and have ordinary jobs, living in ordinary
towns all across the world -- and there's nothing they despise more
than children. When an eight-year-old boy and his grandmother come
face-to-face with the Grand High Witch herself, they may be the
only ones who can stop the witches' latest plot to stamp out every
last child in the country!This full-color graphic novel edition of
Roald Dahl's The Witches, adapted and illustrated by Eisner Award
winner Penelope Bagieu, is the first-ever Dahl story to appear in
this format. Graphic novel readers and Roald Dahl fans alike will
relish this dynamic new take on a uniquely funny tale.
With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated
graphic novelist Penelope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty
female role models, some world famous, some little known. From
Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison or Josephine Bakerto Naziq al-Abid, the
stories in this comic biography are sure to inspire the next
generation of rebel ladies.
'Penelope Bagieu ... is a kind of genius. This book already feels
like a classic, one to be loved by every girl who reads it from now
until the end of time.' Rachel Cooke, The Observer Immerse yourself
in the captivating adventures of some of history's unsung heroines,
whose stories are told through engaging voices, dazzling drawings
and with startling wit. Discover the life of an apache warrior
dubbed "strong as a man and braver than most of them", the only
female Empress of China, three rebel sisters who toppled a fascist
regime, a dancer who escaped poverty in America to become the
darling of the Paris jazz scene and a resistance fighter, and a
little girl who grew up to realise that being a witch is better
than being a princess. Take in the stories of volcanologists,
astronauts, animal whisperers, activists and explorers and feel
ready to take on the world. Illustrated by award-winning Parisian
artist Penelope Bagieu, humorous dialogue and uncommon true tales
make Brazen an ideal book for anyone who loves trail blazers and
courageous women, from Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls to The
Handmaid's Tale.
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