Orphans of St Halibut's
«Stupendous and hilarious! Hapless heroes, slime ball villains, and a volatile goat. Deliciously disgusting at times, and filled to the brim with Sophie's dark humour. Perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket.»
Hana Tooke, author of <i>The Unadoptables</i>
Unfortunate accidents, fishy villains and a very grumpy goat. Can these crafty kids outsmart the adults and save their home? Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Macmillan Children's Books
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 304
- ISBN
- 9781529013375
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«Stupendous and hilarious! Hapless heroes, slime ball villains, and a volatile goat. Deliciously disgusting at times, and filled to the brim with Sophie's dark humour. Perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket.»
Hana Tooke, author of <i>The Unadoptables</i>
«‘There’s nothing I love more than getting stuck into a really good book featuring orphans, workhouses and wicked matrons so I LOVED The Orphans of St Halibut’s! Plus it’s proper laugh-out-loud funny. What a treat’»
Judith Eagle, author of <i>The Secret Starling</i>
«An irreverent quirky dark and twisty middle-grade adventure perfect for Halloween»
Zoe James-Williams, drawingonbooks blog
«[A] brilliantly funny tale»
Anna Fargher, author of <i>The Umbrella Mouse</i>
«A fabulously funny tale of clever orphans, rambling houses, angry goats and grizzly ends . . . made me laugh out loud!»
Kirsty Applebaum, author of <i>The Middler</i>
«The most effortlessly hilarious book I’ve read in a long time with an unforgettable cast»
Nizrana Farook, author of <i>The Girl Who Stole an Elephant</i>
«A lovely – warm, funny, energetic – read.»
Lucy Mangan
«Deliciously funny, dark, eccentric and clever»
Nicola Penfold, author of <i>Where the World Turns Wild</i>
«What a wonderful caper . . . fantastically high-spirited and truly heartwarming story.»
Marina Hyde, <i>Guardian </i>columnist
«Fast-paced, witty and clever with wicked twists and turns and a brilliant bunch of characters. David Tazzyman's illustrations are spot on!»
MyBookCorner Blog
«All round middle grade perfection!»
Marie Basting, author of <i>Princess BMX</i>
«This book will make you snort, squirm and scream with laughter!»
Dashe Roberts, author of <i>Sticky Pines: The Bigwoof Conspiracy</i>
«Dark, funny and very, very clever. With gloriously gothic artwork from David Tazzyman»
Rashmi Sirdeshpande, author of <i>How to be Extraordinary</i>
«Deliciously dark and laugh-out-loud funny, I LOVE The Orphans of St Halibut's»
Julie Pike, author of <i>The Last Spell Breather</i>
«A darkly delightful combination of slapstick humour and sharp satire»
Miss Cleveland, book blogger