The teenage years, was the 2012 roald dahl funny prize winner. When dirk lloyd awakens in the middle of a small town hes never seen. The dark lord is confounded when he awakens in the middle of a small town on a planet hes never seen before. He is soon put in a foster home under the embaressing moniker dirk lloyd. The dark lord of the iron tower of despair at the gates of doom.
The book begins with the dark lord, supreme ruler of the darklands, waking up in a savemart supermarket. British author thomson stands the humantrappedinafantasyland tale on its head in this cheeky first of a trilogy. Jamie thomson, author of the dark lord series talks about how he came up with the concept for the books, winning the roald dahl funny prize 2012. The early years is about a dark lord who is cursed into the body of a 12 year old boy on earth from his realm. As he now appears to be a twelve year old boy, no one believes he is really from another dimension. However, as dirk becomes more acclimated to our realm, the tale loses steam and its sense of humor for a bit. He was weak when he was found so when they asked him his name, they mistook dark lord as dirk lloyd. The early years hardcover october 2, 2012 by jamie thomson author. The dark lord has been defeated by his archenemy, and banished to earth in the form of a teenage boy. The early years opens with the main character, dark lord, waking up in the parking lot of a grocery store in the body of a young boy, missing all of his evil powers. Bloomsbury publishing usa, oct 2, 2012 juvenile fiction 304 pages. The early years hardcover 2 oct 2012 by jamie thomson author. The early years paperback january 7, 2014 by jamie thomson author.
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