DUNGEON RUNNERS: LEVEL 1
Hero Trial
A new action-packed series for fans of fantasy and RPG games!
CALLING ALL DUNGEON RUNNERS — There’s space for a new team of heroes. This is your chance to enter the leagues and fight your way to the top!
Kit has dreamed of being a Dungeon Runner all his life, although being a gnorf (part gnome, part dwarf) means he’s much smaller than the other competitors.
But when a space opens up for a new team in the Dungeon Running League, Kit doesn’t want to miss this chance to try out! With his new friends Sandy and Thorn,
A new action-packed series for fans of fantasy and RPG games!
CALLING ALL DUNGEON RUNNERS — There’s space for a new team of heroes. This is your chance to enter the leagues and fight your way to the top!
Kit has dreamed of being a Dungeon Runner all his life, although being a gnorf (part gnome, part dwarf) means he’s much smaller than the other competitors.
But when a space opens up for a new team in the Dungeon Running League, Kit doesn’t want to miss this chance to try out! With his new friends Sandy and Thorn, they’re ready to take on anything —mazes, puzzles, monsters, treasure, and most of all adventure!
Are you ready for the games to begin? Welcome to the Dungeon!
- Nosy Crow
- Hardcover
- September 2024
- 224 Pages
- 9798887771076
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$17.99
About Kieran Larwood & Joe Todd-Stanton (Illustrator)
Kieran Larwood’s books have won several awards, including the Blue Peter Best Story and the Prix Sorcières. He is inspired by a life-long love of fantasy stories, which all began when —as a young boy —he picked up a copy of The Hobbit and saw the map inside. Joe Todd-Stanton was taught to draw by his mother, who is also an illustrator. He studied at UWE Bristol, receiving a first-class degree in Illustration. His work has been highly praised and his book The Secret of Black Rock was longlisted for The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2018 and won a 2018 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize.
Praise
“Friendship and gamesmanship form the core of this heartwarming underdog adventure.” —Kirkus Reviews
Discussion Questions
1. Kit, Thorn, and Sandy are an unlikely Dungeon Running trio. What qualities do they each possess that make them a good team?
2. Triple Trouble comes in to the competition as an underdog. How do you think others’ expectations help or hurt them? Are there ways in which their underdog status both helps and hurts?
3. What are the key differences between how Kit and Breg approach the sport of Dungeon Running? What effect do these differences have on the trial’s outcome?
4. At the start of the trial, Noctis says that the maze is meant to test “your skill, your wit, your bravery, and your luck.” What role does luck play in the trial? Can you think of a moment when Triple Trouble’s run is affected by luck or chance?
5. In the lead-up to the trial, Breg’s bullying of Kit seems to intensify. How does Kit react to Breg’s meanness? What is the best way to handle bullies like Breg in real life?
6. When putting together a Dungeon Running team, Kit debates which is better: putting together a team based on shared values and camaraderie, or a team composed of the most skilled individuals. Left with little choice, Kit ends up doing the former. If you were building your own Dungeon Running team, which would you prioritize?
7. How do the characters react when fear crops up in the dungeon? How do their reactions correspond to their overall success or failure in the competition?
8. Kit’s grandpa, Klot, is a former Dungeon Runner, and tries to tell Kit not to enter the trial. But Kit doesn’t hear him and believes his grandpa supports his aspirations to follow in his footsteps. If Kit had heard what Klot said, do you think he would have changed his mind about competing himself? Why or why not?