Battling Boy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781596431454)

A New York Times bestseller
An NPR Best Book of 2013

The adventure begins in the new graphic novel by comics legend Paul Pope.

Monsters roam through Arcopolis, swallowing children into the horrors of their shadowy underworld. Only one man is a match for them - the genius vigilante Haggard West.

Unfortunately, Haggard West is dead.

Arcopolis is desperate, but when its salvation comes in the form of a twelve-year-old demigod, nobody is more surprised than Battling Boy himself.

IT'S TIME TO MEET AN ELECTRIFYING NEW HERO.

Author: Paul Pope
ISBN-10: 1596431458
ISBN-13: 9781596431454
Publisher: First Second
Language: English
Published: 10/08/2013
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.90w x 0.60d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.5
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 160429 / Battling Boy


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Bea Big Book Guide 05/15/2013 pg. 71
Publishers Weekly 07/15/2013 pg. 174
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2013 pg. 110
Publishers Weekly 09/09/2013
School Library Journal 09/01/2013 pg. 171
Booklist 09/15/2013 pg. 59
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2014 pg. 278
Asimov's Science Fiction 08/01/2014 pg. 110
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 pg. 124 - Recommended, Satisfactory