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Tor Freeman, Author
Series: Boss of the Underworld
Imprint: Hodder Children's Books
Publication date: March 6, 2025
Category: Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781444976397
‘Boss of the Underworld is one of the funniest books I’ve read this year, maybe this lifetime, and I’m not even exaggerating. It’s INCREDIBLE.’ Jamie Smart, creator of Bunny vs Monkey
Join Shirley and her giant cockroach friend, George, on a strange adventure through the Underworld. Will they triumph over scary foes, resist eating delicious things in the forest, navigate the Bog of Intense Emotions, and find their way into the dark sewers to confront the Green Menace??
There are many ways into the Underworld… but only one way out!
Fast-paced, funny and accessible, this graphic novel series is fizzing with charm and energy.
Praise for Boss of the Underworld:
‘Genuinely laugh out loud funny’ Louie Stowell
‘Out of this underworld!’ Steven Lenton
‘A tour de force of silliness’ Gary Northfield
Tor Freeman is an author and illustrator of picture and chapter books, and has been published in the UK and worldwide. She is a regular contributor to magazines including The Phoenix.
In 2012 she was awarded a Sendak Fellowship. She is also the winner of the Observer/Cape/Comica graphic short story prize.
Her books include Ten Fat Sausages by Michelle Robinson and most recently The Book that No One Wanted to Read by Richard Ayoade. She has had two comics published by Bog Eyed Books, Welcome to Oddleigh and Sister Clawdetta: Murder at the Monastery.
Tor lives and works in London.
Age Range: 7-11
Related Book: Boss of the Underworld
Book Creator: Tor Freeman
The first book in a hilarious and quirky full-colour graphic novel series by the award-winning Tor Freeman. Discover the five simple steps that Shirley takes to go from normal girl to boss of the Underworld and how exactly a cockroach named George was involved . . . Perfect for 7+ fans of Jamie Smart’s Bunny vs Monkey and Dog Man.