The Boy Lost In The Maze

A spellbinding novel told in poems, blending the ancient legend of the Minotaur with the quest of a modern-day teenage boy to find his biological father by the new Waterstones Children's Laureate

In his new verse novel, Joseph Coelho brilliantly blends Greek myth with a 21st century quest. In Ancient Greece Theseus makes a dangerous and courageous journey to find his father, finally meeting the Minotaur in the Labyrinth. While Theo, a modern-day teenage boy, finds himself on a maze-like quest to find his own father. Each story tells of a boy becoming a man and discovering what true manhood really means.

The path to self-discovery takes Theo through ‘those thin spaces where myth, magic and reality combine’. Doubts, difficulties and dangers must be faced as Theo discovers the man he will become.

• Following the bestselling verse novel, The Girl Who Became a Tree
• The Girl Who Became a Tree was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal
• Addresses issues of identity, masculinity and fatherhood
• Exciting interactive elements - Includes choices for the reader to make, mirroring Theseus’ journey through the Labyrinth
• Powerfully resonant and enthralling poetry from the new Waterstones Children's Laureate
• Illustrations by Kate Milner, whose images for The Girl Who Became a Tree were longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal.
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