orphan who works The Golem is a childlike as a boy” for a creature named Charlie—as “climbing vindictive chimney sweep innocent as he is strong. He named Wilkie Crudd. is able to move through Climbing boys were chimneys, and he and Nan essentially child slaves in create a secret home in an England throughout the 18th abandoned attic. and 19th century—the work was brutal and dangerous. Even in the darkness and Most climbing boys started at pain of Nan’s life, she is able age five or six and didn’t live to show Charlie beauty in the to see their tenth birthday. world, and in doing so, she Nan has managed to survive ends up saving herself from in this brutal world because despair. Meanwhile Charlie she is very good at her job. will help Nan find a way to She was taught how to sweep free herself, and the other by her father, who climbing boys, from Wilkie disappeared when she was Crudd. But Charlie can’t be very small. And she holds out Nan’s hero forever… when hope that he will someday Nan created Charlie, one of return to her. the was a “ingredients” twelve-month calendar, and When Nan’s every treasured that dictated his life span. possession is thrown into a When the twelve months are fireplace, she unwittingly up, it will be time for Charlie creates a golem from the to pass… ashes of everything she loves. World English rights: Abrams. Translation rights: Regal Hoffmann Film rights: Regal Hoffmann PAUL DURHAM PAUL DURHAM is the author (2015), the New York Public of the LUCK UGLIES trilogy Library Best Children’s Book (HarperCollins, 2014-2016), (2014), and the Cybils Award which has received, among for Middle Grade Speculative others, the ALA Notable Fiction (2014). Children’s Book Award GOYLE, GROTESQUE (Crown Children’s Books, Spring 2018)
orphan who works as a “climbing boy” for a vindictive chimney sweep named Wilkie Crudd. Climbing boys were essentially child slaves in England throughout the 18th and 19th century—the work was brutal and dangerous. Most climbing boys started at age five or six and didn’t live to see their tenth birthday. Nan has managed to survive in this brutal world because she is very good at her job. She was taught how to sweep by her father, who disappeared when she was very small. And she holds out hope that he will someday return to her. When Nan’s every treasured possession is thrown into a fireplace, she unwittingly creates a golem from the ashes of everything she loves. The Golem is a childlike creature named Charlie—as innocent as he is strong. He is able to move through chimneys, and he and Nan create a secret home in an abandoned attic. Even in the darkness and pain of Nan’s life, she is able to show Charlie beauty in the world, and in doing so, she ends up saving herself from despair. Meanwhile Charlie will help Nan find a way to free herself, and the other climbing boys, from Wilkie Crudd. But Charlie can’t be Nan’s hero forever… when Nan created Charlie, one of the “ingredients” was a twelve-month calendar, and that dictated his life span. When the twelve months are up, it will be time for Charlie to pass… World English rights: Abrams. Translation rights: Regal Hoffmann Film rights: Regal Hoffmann PAUL DURHAM PAUL DURHAM is the author of the LUCK UGLIES trilogy (HarperCollins, 2014-2016), which has received, among others, the ALA Notable Children’s Book Award (2015), the New York Public Library Best Children’s Book (2014), and the Cybils Award for Middle Grade Speculative Fiction (2014). GOYLE, GROTESQUE (Crown Children’s Books, Spring 2018)
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