The 13 1/2 Lives Of Captain Bluebear

By: Walter Moers

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Paperback | 1 November 2001 | Edition Number 1

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704 Pages

Age
7+

Grade
2+

Dimensions(cm)
24.2 x 16.5 x 5.8

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Captain Bluebear is a bear with blue fur, a creature as unique as the fantastic adventures he undergoes. Unlike cats, which have only nine lives, bluebears have twenty-seven. This is fortunate, because our hero is forever avoiding disaster by a paw's breadth.

In this remarkable book, Captain Bluebear tells the story of his first thirteen-and-a-half lives spent on the mysterious continent of Zamonia, where intelligence is an infectious disease and water flows uphill, where headless giants roam deserts made of sugar, and where only Captain Bluebear's courage and ingenuity enable him to escape the dangers that lie in wait for him around every corner.

In company with our indomitable hero, we enter a realm of the imagination that combines the fantasy of Lord of the Rings and The Neverending Story with the humour of Baron Munchausen - a wonderland where anything can exist except boredom.

About the Author

Walter Moers was born in 1957 and is a writer, cartoonist, painter and sculptor. He is the creator of the comic strips The Little Asshole and Adolf and his novels include The 13.5 Lives of Captain Bluebear, The City of Dreaming Books and The Alchemaster's Apprentice. He lives in Hamburg.

Industry Reviews

"Even readers with short attention spans will find themselves captivated by the nonstop parade of madcap characters as treacherous predicaments resolve themselves with charming ease... Comparisons to Harry Potter aside, Moers's kaleidoscopic expedition is fanciful and endlessly entertaining." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Moers's world is both refreshingly original and peppered with enough parody to make it seem eerily familiar... Brownjohn's translation from the German is excellent. For fans of Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise, this is an essential read." - Library Journal

"...this is the kind of tale that readers have to just sit back and enjoy, wherever it takes them. The ending does tie the loose threads together. A wild, fun-filled ride." - School Library Journal

"Within the first fifteen pages I was carried away by the sheer craziness of it all... Very amusing." - Daily Telegraph

"The writing, seamlessly translated by John Brownjohn, remains lively and inventive right through the final heroic battle between good and evil." - New York Times

"Marvellously fantastical." - Sunday Express

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