Rare Beasts (Volume 1) - Couverture rigide

Ogden, Charles

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1416914099 ISBN 13 : 9781416914099

Editeur : Aladdin, 2005

Synopsis

Book by Ogden Charles

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"A new series bound to make your toes curl. Spooky siblings Edgar and Ellen have a plan that'd make even Dr Frankenstein cackle with delight." Disney Adventures
"Young twins Edgar and Ellen make the Grinch look positively benevolent... Rick Carton's funny, artful pen-and-ink illustrations perfectly capture the Addams family feel of the story." Amazon.com
"Fans of Lemony Snicket will relish Ogden's satirical sensibility." Booklist
"Pale, grubby and very creepy, this dreadful duo is bound to delight young readers... Wonderfully entertaining, fabulously imaginative, Rare Beasts is a rare gem." Sunday Tasmanian
"Charles Ogden has created two unforgettable (and highly volatile) characters in one fell swoop, giving every eight-year-old reason to embrace their inner troublemaker."
Elliot Bay, Booknotes
"Creepy twins Edgar and Ellen are brilliant and so wicked." Bournemouth Echo, 24th October 08

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Fire ants. Fraud. Footie pajamas.

Twins Edgar and Ellen live alone -- their parents disappeared years ago, and who can blame them? -- in the quaint, little town of Nod's Limbs, in a grim, gray house overlooking the cemetery and the junkyard. They spend their days avoiding Heimertz, the mysterious accordion-playing caretaker; pestering Pet, a hairy, one-eyed creature of indeterminate species and gender; and wreaking havoc on the hapless citizens of Nod's Limbs.

But wreaking havoc can incur expenses, so the twins come up with a unique fund-raising scheme: They'll nab the pets of Nod's Limbs and transform them into exotic animals they can sell for big bucks. Not a bad plan, if one of the purloined pets wasn't a lethargic python with a raging appetite....

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Aladdin
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1416914099
• ISBN 13: 9781416914099
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Illustrateur: Carton Rick