The Fall of the House of West (Battling Boy)
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (963 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 162672010X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Aurora West is on the verge of solving the mystery of her mother's death, but it's hard keeping her efforts a secret from her grieving father, the legendary monster-hunter Haggard West. What Aurora doesn't realize is that she's about to blow open a secret that may very well destroy what's left of her familyand, indeed, all of Arcopolis.From Paul Pope, the legendary creator of Battling Boy, teamed up with JT Petty and David Rubín, comes the nail-biting sequel to The New York Times bestselling The Rise of Aurora West!. Between her school work and her hours training and hunting with her dad, Aurora is hard-pressed to find time to be a secret sleuth. But she's nothing if not persistent
Alt said Family secrets. Haggard West goes around killing monsters and his daughter Aurora is getting in on the family business. She’s obsessed with killing the monster she believes to be responsible for the death of her mother. She’s also obsessed with her imaginary childhood playmate who might not be imaginary. Haggard is trying to train Aurora in the cautious art of monster killing but Aurora is headstrong and . Paul Pope didn't write or draw it, but it's still worth reading and a clear step up from the previous volume This was much better than the first volume (The Rise of Aurora West). I actually think it pretty much makes the first volume obsolete. The script is still unspectacular, but it's a vast improvement over the previous chapter, which I thought was pretty flat and boring. There are a few really interesting sentences, which may seem like a weird compliment, but this was sorely lacking in the first volume. . Nicola Mansfield said I've been looking forward to this as I really enjoyed Aurora West's first book. I've been looking forward to this as I really enjoyed Aurora West's first book! This is a continuation of the story as she concludes the search for the killer of her mother and continues training to be her father's sidekick and one day replace him. A rip-roaring adventure with lots of action, humour and fabulous art. Great characters return from the first book. But also quite a serious theme and heavy
David Rubin is a Spanish cartoonist who has published several critically-acclaimed graphic novels including The Hero and Beowulf. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. Known for his frenetic, high-energy artwork and action-packed, genre-bending storytelling, Pope has won three Eisner Awards. He lives and works in New York C
As characters slowly reveal their secrets, readers discover, along with Aurora, that the heroes she has always looked up to are cracked and bruised. However, the book's greatest strength is in the moments between the chaos, as characters are wonderfully fleshed out. While the first volume, The Rise of Aurora West (2014), in the prequel series to Pope's Battling Boy (2013, both First Second), was disappointingly more setup and character backstory than action, this volume instantly makes up for lost time. From School Library Journal Gr 7 Up—Determined to find her mother's killer, Aurora West, daughter of hero Haggard