A Pilgrim's Progress

John Bunyan's classic story is filled with drama, excitement, and adventure. On his journey of a life-time to the City of Gold, Christian meets an extraordinary cast of characters, such as the terrible Giant Despair and the monster Apollyon. Together with Hopeful, his steadfast companion, he survives the snipers and mantraps, the Great Bog, Vanity Fair, Lucre Hill and Castle Doubting. But will he find the courage to cross the final river to the City of Gold and his salvation? This remarkable retelling brings this classic story to life for a whole new generation of readers, and is the winnder of the Blue Peter Book Awards.

Geraldine McCaughrean's career includes the retelling of such classics as One Thousand and One Arabian Nights, The Canterbury Tales and The Bronze Cauldron: Myths and Legends of the World, which is a collection of stories from all over the world. McCaughrean has won the Whitebread Award for A Little Lower Than the Angels, the Guardian Prize and Carnegie Medal for A Pack of Lies, and the Beefeater Children's Novel Award for Gold Dawn.