The Unbelievable FIB 1: The Trickster's Tale - Couverture souple

Shaughnessy, Adam

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ISBN 10 : 1616206373 ISBN 13 : 9781616206376

Editeur : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2016

Synopsis

MAGIC is everywhere . . . and the last thing you should do is believe your own eyes.

Dark clouds and ominous thunder have been hanging over Middleton for days. Some say it’s just bad weather, but eleven-year-old Pru will soon learn that it’s much, much more dangerous than that. Mythical beings are invading her usually ordinary town, and it’s up to Pru and newcomer ABE--with help from an uncommonly rude squirrel and the mysterious Mister Fox--to save their home from being destroyed by battling Norse gods.

To do that, they’ll have to outrun trolls and enter worlds of myth and magic. When the pair find themselves locked in a battle against a dangerously clever enemy, they race to find the lost Eye of Odin, source of all knowledge--and the key to stopping a war that could destroy both human and immortal realms.

Originally published as The Entirely True Story of the Unbelievable FIB.

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À propos de l'auteur

Adam Shaughnessy is an author and educator. He received his BA in English from Connecticut College and is currently pursuing his MA in children’s literature from Hollins University. Adam lives in Waterford, Connecticut. The Trickster's Tale is the first book in the Unbelievable FIB series.

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CHAPTER 1

THE ENVELOPES ARRIVED DURING THE UNCERTAIN hours of Thursday morning--those dark, early hours between tomorrow and yesterday, between not-­quite-­yet and nevermore. It’s a time when the day is still young, still taking shape, and still open to possibility.

The envelopes did not arrive in mailboxes or through mail slots, nor did they arrive with any sort of postage or return address. Instead, unseen hands slipped the mysterious letters beneath bedroom doors throughout the small New England community of Middleton.

One might imagine that such a strange occurrence would create alarm and worry. Under normal circumstances, one would be right. In this case, however, the curious deliveries failed to raise concern because most people never saw the envelopes. People lead busy lives, after all, and the envelopes were easy to miss.

One could even say that the envelopes were hard to see.

In fact, of all the people in Middleton, only one girl who received an envelope truly saw it. Prudence Potts did more than see it, actually.

She opened it.

Inside waited what appeared to be a postcard. Its face might have been white at one time, but the passing of days had added wrinkles and spots, and shifted the hue to a yellowish-­brown. A handwritten message remained visible, however.

It read:

Be grave in your search,
and avoid having stones in your head.

The back of the card bore more writing, golden letters across an inky field of deep midnight blue. Unfortunately, this additional text did nothing to explain the cryptic words on the card’s face. In fact, the sentence written in gold was a question.

Prudence was eleven years old. She had a bob of red hair and a spattering of freckles that lay in reckless disarray across her nose. She considered herself a detective, of sorts, just like her dad had been. As such, she had a particular interest in questions. Questions were like mysteries. Both demanded answers.

Pru was especially drawn to the question on the card. It asked:

WHAT IS THE UNBELIEVABLE FIB?

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1616206373
• ISBN 13: 9781616206376
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible