By Louie Stowell (author) , Louie Stowell (illustrator) Part of the Loki: A Bad God's Guide series
"This doodle-packed diary relates the hilarious (mis)adventures of trickster god Loki after he’s forced to live as an 11-year-old boy."
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Review for Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good
Shot-through with wit, myth, friendship and fart jokes, and told through a blend of narrative text, doodles and comic strips, Louie Stowell’s Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good is a riot from start to finish. Oh, how the mighty are fallen!
After playing one joke too many, trickster god Loki has been banished to earth by Odin, and this book presents Loki’s diary account of his 31-day exile as a mere mortal. The interlocking of words and pictures is hilariously effective from the off, such as when the author juxtaposes Loki’s “before and after” form.
Before he had “awesome big hair”, “cool facial hair”, “broad shoulders” and “arm muscles”. As an eleven-year-old boy his hair is “only slightly awesome”, and his body is decidedly scrawny. Despite believing “I am too awesome to be treated like this!”, Loki reluctantly admits that “Odin IS the boss of me”, which leaves him no choice.
If he wants to return to his god-form, he must do good deeds, go to school, and show some kind of progress.
Alongside the fast-paced execution of an excellent concept, this heady hotpot of humour has been superbly designed. I loved the droll correction boxes flagging-up Loki’s fibs. As he explains, “this is a magical diary. If I lie in here, the diary will correct it”. And there are comic corrections aplenty as Loki strives to increase his “virtue scores” to end his banishment.
The first in a series, Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good is sure to generate tonnes of “have you read this?” enthusiasm in the playground.
A doodle-packed boxset featuring the first THREE books in the bestselling Loki: A Bad God's Guide series.
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After Norse god Loki plays one too many tricks in Asgard, Odin banishes him to live on Earth as an eleven-year-old school boy. With Thor, Heimdall and the giant Hyrrokkin pretending to be his family, Loki must record his deeds in a magical (slightly sarcastic) diary to prove he's learning how to become more virtuous.
Boxset features: Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Taking the Blame Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Ruling the World
Louie Stowell was born in London and has lived there ever since, except for a short stint in Watford to study advertising. She’s worked as a copywriter, cartoonist, PR and in-house fiction writer, and was Publisher at Ladybird/Penguin Random House before writing full-time.
Her 2019 debut, T he Dragon in the Library , was followed by The Monster in the Lake in 2020 and The Wizard in the Wood in 2021. Otherland , a standalone middle-grade novel, followed in 2021. The first book in her series, Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good , was an instant #3 Sunday Times (UK) Bestseller.
She lives in London with her wife Karen, her dog Buffy, and a creepy puppet that is probably cursed.
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A doodle-packed boxset featuring the first THREE books in the bestselling Loki: A Bad God's Guide series. After Norse god Loki plays one too many tricks in Asgard, Odin banishes him to live on Earth as an eleven-year-old school boy.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Loki - A Bad God's Box Set and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-10 years old
Loki - A Bad God's Box Set features in the following genres: Featured Books for 7+ readers, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Funny, Recommendations, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
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Loki - A Bad God's Box Set was written by Louie Stowell and published by Walker Books Ltd an imprint of Walker Books
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