Orpheus in the Underworld by Yvan Pommaux

Manifestations of belief and unbelief run through Cassie Beasley’s charming debut, which takes 9- to 14-year-old readers to a marvelous place where elephants do long division, juice makes you sing opera and a boy can find his heart’s desire-perhaps indefinitely. Discover Orpheus in the Underworld by Yvan Pommaux and millions of other books available at Barnes & Noble. Orpheus in the Underworld Yvan Pommaux When his bride Eurydice is killed by a snake on their wedding night, Orpheus decides to go seek her in the. Not only that, but Micah has family connections to the circus even beyond the promise of a miracle that a great illusionist, the Man Who Bends Light, had once made to his grandfather when he himself was a boy. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Orpheus in the Underworld : A Toon Graphic, Hardcover by Pommaux, Yvan Kutne. Now Grandpa is on his deathbed, his acid-hearted sister Gertrudis is running the household, and Micah learns that the circus really exists.

People who haven’t had this experience were probably never invested in the notion of fairies or unicorns in the first place-or they are fictional children, like young Micah Tuttle, who, in “Circus Mirandus” (Dial, 292 pages, $17.99), discovers that his grandfather’s wild storytelling is, astonishingly, based in an impossible reality.Īll Micah’s life, Grandpa Ephraim has spun tales for him of an ancient magical circus that travels the world revealing marvels only to those with the imagination to see them. Most of us at some point endure the disillusionment of finding that the magical things we hoped were real when we were little are, alas, but pretty stories. Tags: Chapter book, Graphic novel, Mythology, Orpheus and Eurydice, Ancient worlds, English. An illustration by Yvan Pommaux from ‘Orpheus in the Underworld.’ Photo: Toon Graphics Son of a muse, the young musician Orpheus has everything: talent, beauty, courage, love. Orpheus in the Underworld by Yvan Pommaux (review) April Spisak Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Johns Hopkins University Press Volume 69, Number 1, September 2015 p.