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9780192719645

Here Be Monsters

Here Be Monsters

by Alan Snow

Publisher Oxford

Genre: Children's & YA

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About the book

Welcome to Ratbridge. But beware - for there is skulduggery afoot. Arthur has fallen foul of the appalling Snatcher and is trapped alone in the town, with no way home. Meanwhile Snatcher and his men are working tirelessly in secret on a fiendish and dastardly plan to take over Ratbridge - and the world. With the help of Willbury Nibble QC, some friendly boxtrolls and cabbage-heads, Marjorie the frustrated inventor, and the rats and pirates from the Ratbridge Nautical Laundry, can Arthur thwart Snatcher's evil plans - and find his way home? Illustrated throughout with hundreds of the author's incredible black and white drawings, this unmissable debut novel will entrance readers of all ages, and looks certain to become a new classic.

About the Author

Alan Snow

Alan has won numerous awards for his work as a children’s book illustrator as well as for design and computer animation. One of his best known picture books, HOW SANTA REALLY WORKS (S&S, 2004), was given away to students at Harvard Business School as an example of one of the best guides to the manufacturing process. More recently his children’s novel, HERE BE MONSTERS (OUP, 2005), was made into an animated film, The Boxtrolls, by Laika and spent several weeks at top of the UK box office last Autumn.

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