The Black Tattoo
Jan 2008 · Sold by Penguin
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An ancient evil has been unleashed. Now one boy’s rage could destroy us all.
“Sam Enthoven’s clearly loving telling this story and his energy creeps into the words on every page.”—The Guardian
Jack doesn’t know what he’s got himself into. One minute he and his best friend Charlie were in Chinatown having crispy duck with Charlie’s dad, then suddenly they were in a mysterious room above a theatre, with some of the strangest characters they’d ever encountered. And they were about to take the test . . .
The test transformed Charlie—leaving him with the distinctive markings of the Black Tattoo. The boys’ meeting with Esme—a young girl with the most impressive martial arts skills this side of Bruce Lee—her huge and hairy father Raymond, and the mysterious Nick, seemed to have swept Charlie and Jack into a world they had no idea existed.
And it was only going to get weirder . . .
“Sam Enthoven’s clearly loving telling this story and his energy creeps into the words on every page.”—The Guardian
Jack doesn’t know what he’s got himself into. One minute he and his best friend Charlie were in Chinatown having crispy duck with Charlie’s dad, then suddenly they were in a mysterious room above a theatre, with some of the strangest characters they’d ever encountered. And they were about to take the test . . .
The test transformed Charlie—leaving him with the distinctive markings of the Black Tattoo. The boys’ meeting with Esme—a young girl with the most impressive martial arts skills this side of Bruce Lee—her huge and hairy father Raymond, and the mysterious Nick, seemed to have swept Charlie and Jack into a world they had no idea existed.
And it was only going to get weirder . . .
An ancient evil has been unleashed. Now one boy’s rage could destroy us all.
“Sam Enthoven’s clearly loving telling this story and his energy creeps into the words on every page.”—The Guardian
Jack doesn’t know what he’s got himself into. One minute he and his best friend Charlie were in Chinat...
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Allen Craig
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December 17, 2021
Mind blow novel, especially for spiritual or religious people and those with open minds. HIghly creative narrative on the universe as we know it around us!
Trav Time
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January 9, 2014
I always compare this to Naruto. You get a sense of Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi. Oh and Orochimaru(Scourge)
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Andrea “AJ” Warren
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August 6, 2015
I love this book more than I love my mother. Period.
About the author
For the last ten years Sam Enthoven worked as a part-time bookseller, living largely on a diet of instant noodles and parsnips while honing his skills as a writer of thrillers for young people. He is passionately—possibly 'certifiably'—committed to the ideal of "books that make kids want to read." His writing desk is made out of a squashed wardrobe. His favourite pastimes include playing lead guitar with the band Sour Mash Daddy And His Sixty Wives and practising tai chi while listening to skull-cracking drum-and-bass. "Hey," he says, "it works for me." He lives in London.
For the last ten years Sam Enthoven worked as a part-time bookseller, living largely on a diet of instant noodles and parsnips while honing his skills as a writer of thrillers for young people. He is passionately—possibly 'certifiably'—committed to the ideal of "books that make kids want to read....
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