“David Elliott’s Bull does for mythology what Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s Hamilton has done for U.S. history. Teens of all genders and reading levels will devour this salty, quick-witted retelling and the timely truth of this story: It takes a god to make a boy into a beast, but it is us humans who turn him into a monster. Bull. David Elliott. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $ (p) ISBN Using the cadences and unfiltered directness of rap, Elliott (Nobody’s Perfect) tells the Greek myth of the. “David Elliott’s Bull does for mythology what Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s Hamilton has done for U.S. history. Teens of all genders and reading levels will devour this salty, quick-witted retelling and the timely truth of this story: It takes a god to make a boy into a beast, but it is us humans who turn him into a monster/5(94).
Bull, by David Elliott David Elliott's Bull takes on the story of Theseus and the Minotaur in this darkly funny novel in verse. When King Minos offends Poseidon, the god exacts revenge by orchestrating the birth of Asterion, the half-man, half-bull son of Minos' wife, Pasiphae. David Elliott is the award-winning author of more than twenty-five books for young people, including the picture books Finn Throws a Fit! and the New York Times best-selling And Here's to You!. He is the author of the critically acclaimed verse novels, Bull, which received six starred reviews, and Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc, which. A rough, rowdy, and darkly comedic young adult retelling in verse, Bull will have listeners reevaluating one of mythology's most infamous monsters. © David Elliott (P) Recorded Books Classics Humor Literature Fiction Poetry.
2 likes. Like. “it seems to me that this kind of hero—privileged, self-assured, the perpetual heir to the kingdom, and not averse to violence—has been and continues to be lauded throughout history.”. ― David Elliott, Bull. 2 likes. Like. “Yeah, you're hard to respect. But easy to please.”. ― David Elliott, Bull. In verse, David Elliott brilliantly casts the story of Theseus and the Minotaur in “Bull” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ). The bawdy and profane Poseidon, King of the Sea, is the involved narrator. He begins: “Whaddup, bitches?/ Am I right or am I right?/ That bum Minos deserved what he got./. Bull. David Elliott. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $ (p) ISBN Using the cadences and unfiltered directness of rap, Elliott (Nobody’s Perfect) tells the Greek myth of the.
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