Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781536204377)

Harry Black is lost between the world of war and the land of myth in this illustrated novel that transports the tale of Orpheus to World War II-era London.

Brothers Marcus and Julian Sedgwick team up to pen this haunting tale of another pair of brothers, caught between life and death in World War II. Harry Black, a conscientious objector, artist, and firefighter battling the blazes of German bombing in London in 1944, wakes in the hospital to news that his soldier brother, Ellis, has been killed. In the delirium of his wounded state, Harry's mind begins to blur the distinctions between the reality of war-torn London, the fiction of his unpublished sci-fi novel, and the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Driven by visions of Ellis still alive and a sense of poetic inevitability, Harry sets off on a search for his brother that will lead him deep into the city's Underworld. With otherworldly paintings by Alexis Deacon depicting Harry's surreal descent further into the depths of hell, this eerily beautiful blend of prose, verse, and illustration delves into love, loyalty, and the unbreakable bonds of brotherhood as it builds to a fierce indictment of mechanized warfare.

Author: Marcus Sedgwick, Julian Sedgwick
ISBN-10: 1536204374
ISBN-13: 9781536204377
Publisher: Walker Books Us
Language: English
Published: 08/13/2019
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 6.70w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 507092 / Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2019
Publishers Weekly 06/10/2019
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2019 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2019
Booklist 06/01/2019 pg. 93
School Library Journal 08/01/2019 pg. 82

About the Author
Marcus Sedgwick is a writer and illustrator. He is the author of many books, including She Is Not Invisible, Revolver, and Midwinterblood, which won the Michael L. Printz Award. He is the coauthor, with his brother, Julian Sedgwick, of the graphic novel Dark Satanic Mills, illustrated by John Higgins and Marc Olivent. He lives in England.

Julian Sedgwick is a writer of many books for children, including the Mysterium trilogy, the Ghosts of Shanghai trilogy, and the graphic novel Dark Satanic Mills, cowritten with his brother, Marcus Sedgwick, and illustrated by John Higgins and Marc Olivent. Julian Sedgwick lives in England.

Alexis Deacon is the author of A Place to Call Home, Cheese Belongs to You!, and I Am Henry Finch, all illustrated by Viviane Schwarz. He is also an acclaimed artist and the illustrator of Jim's Lion and Soonchild by Russell Hoban. Alexis Deacon lives in London.