The Boy to Beat the Gods

by Ashley Thorpe

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"Thrilling, tautly-written, pulls you right in and keeps you there! Plus: bonus trickster god!" Louie Stowell, author of Loki
"A fast-paced, first-class debut with action scenes that will leave you breathless and characters who will have you cheering. I loved it!" A.F. Steadman, author of the Skandar series

Discover a fierce and fun story of one boy versus six gods, from a magical new voice in children's fiction..
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Kayode dreams of eating the forbidden fruit of the Orishas, so he can gain the power of the gods and stop them terrorizing his people. So when a fruit mysteriously appears in his path after the Orishas snatch his sister, he leaps on it.
Surging with new and difficult-to-control powers, he joins forces with a shapeshifting trickster god and a vengeful princess to save his sister and put an end to the mighty Orishas. But each has more fearful powers than the last - and Kayode's stolen half-god strength won't last for ever...

  • ISBN10 1805075632
  • ISBN13 9781805075639
  • Publish Date 4 July 2024
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Usborne Publishing Ltd
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 272
  • Language English