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A Noob's Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior

Welcome to the End
By Cube Kid
Series: A Noob's Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior
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The fourth volume in the Minecraft warrior adventure series follows Runt, Blurp, and friends on their quest to the End to face the Enderdragon. Cube Kid's bestselling characters come to life for young readers along with fun illustrations. A Minecraft Movie leveled up at the box... Read More
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The fourth volume in the Minecraft warrior adventure series follows Runt, Blurp, and friends on their quest to the End to face the Enderdragon. Cube Kid's bestselling characters come to life for young readers along with funΒ illustrations.

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The fourth volume in the Minecraft warrior adventure series follows Runt, Blurp, and friends on their quest to the End to face the Enderdragon. Cube Kid's bestselling characters come to life for young readers along with fun illustrations.

A Minecraft Movie leveled up at the box office, collecting a blockbuster $157 million in its opening weekend. It’s not only the biggest debut of the year but the best in history for a video game adaptation. β€”Variety

Runt the villager, Blurp the zombie, Maggie the warrior, and dog Dragonslayer join together with two new companions, the fierce warrior-turned zombie Alberic and his apprentice Bagel in a new adventure! The journey to the End is full of pitfalls and living together is difficult, but the group must stay united. Faced with the Enderdragon, there's only one choice: perish or defeat. Read on to find out what happens!

The popular characters by best-selling author Cube Kid, along with vivid illustrations from the 8-Bit Warrior Graphic Novel format, come to life for young readers ages 7-9 in this new series perfect for reluctant readers and video game fanatics.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9798881601782

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 July 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Contributors:

  • Adapted by Pirate Sourcil
  • Illustrated by Jez
  • Illustrated by Odone

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 191g

Pages: 96

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Cube Kid Series: A Noob's Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior Young Adult

About the Author

Cube Kid is the pen name of Erik Gunnar Taylor, a 33-year-old author who lives in Alaska. A fan of video gamesβ€”and particularly Minecraftβ€”he started writing fanfiction at a very young age.Β His first novel, The Diary of a Minecraft Villager, was self-published as an ebook in February 2015 and quickly became tremendously successful in the Minecraft community. The novel was acquired by the French publisher Γ‰di8 and was published for the first time in France in February 2016 under the title LE JOURNAL D'UN NOOB, with new illustrations by Saboten. The Diary of a Minecraft Villager sparked worldwide interest.Β When he is not writing, Cube Kid loves travelling, fixing his car, voraciously reading fanfiction . . . and gaming!
Β 
Pirate SourcilΒ is a comic book author known for his blog and his comic seriesΒ Le Joueur du grenier, published by Hugo BD. He is also a fan of geek literature and passionate about the world of gaming.

After studying carpentry, Jez turned to drawing and graphic design and decided to make a career out of it.

Odone is a French illustrator and specializes in adding color to many comic books.

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