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Terrible Times (Eddie Dickens, Book 3)
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Product Description The third (and final-or is it?) installment in the fabulous Eddie Dickens Trilogy! "America?" said Eddie Dickens in amazement. "You want me to go to America?" In the third installment of the Eddie Dickens saga, Eddie, our steadfast hero, finds himself en route to North America aboard the sailing ship Pompous Pig along with a cargo hold full of left shoes, the world-famous Dog's Bone Diamond, and some of the most disreputable traveling companions anyone might have the misfortune to share a berth with. A mysterious stowaway and some familiar faces from Eddie's past only complicate matters, as does being tied up and set adrift in a leaky rowboat. Will Eddie ever reach America? From School Library Journal Grade 4-6-At the opening of this final installment in the series, Eddie's parents tell him that they are sending him from England to America. Before his journey begins, however, numerous disasters are described, all of which seem to have happened to members of the boy's crazy family, but not to him. Unfortunately, the events do not proceed with enough character development or imminent danger to keep even avid readers hooked. Once young Dickens and his seemingly sweet but ultimately murderous chaperone board the ship for America, the action picks up, but many youngsters may not stick with this long-winded, confusing novel to find that out. Humorous black-and-white cartoons appear throughout. If your library has the first two of the trilogy, by all means pick up the third. Otherwise, look for Debi Gliori's Pure Dead Magic (Knopf, 2001) to meet the requests of your Lemony Snicket fans. Sharon R. Pearce, Chippewa Elementary School, Bensenville, IL Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Booklist Gr. 4-7. The third title in the Eddie Dickens trilogy finds the hapless young hero being sent to America on family business by Mad Uncle Jack. Eddie can't travel alone, however, and his sailing companion, Lady Constance, has a disconcerting history of "losing" employers and benefiting from their fortunes. Complicating matters are the discovery of Even Madder Aunt Maud (and her stuffed stoat) stowed away on board, a cargo of left shoes and a famous diamond, and a dastardly plot putting passengers at risk. Ultimately, things and thugs are well sorted out, leaving one to think that perhaps there's really no place like home, even if it happens to be Awful End. Like its predecessors, this quirky read, set in Victorian England, blends zany story lines and oddball characters with abundant, reader-directed digressions and commentary. Prose and format have vintage flair, as do the humorous, black-and-white illustrations. Lemony Snickett's fans will enjoy these (mis)adventures, which will be welcomed by series fans but can also stand nicely alone. Shelle Rosenfeld Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Review A Book Sense Children's 76 Winter 2003 - 2004 title "Lemony Snicket fans in need of a happy ending might take to this very British farce as a change of pace." -- Kirkus Reviews "Editor's Choice" -- Boston Herald About the Author Philip Ardagh is over six feet seven inches tall with a big bushy beard. Not only is he very large and very hairy, but he has also written around sixty children's books for all ages, though nothing quite like the Eddie Dickens Trilogy. Currently living as a full-time writer with a wife and two cats in a seaside town somewhere in England, he has been-among other things-an advertising copywriter, a hospital cleaner, a (highly unqualified) librarian, and a reader for the blind. David Roberts is so busy drawing pictures that no one is really sure what he looks like. We do know that he has illustrated several books for children and lives somewhere in England, but whether his home is near the sea or not is anybody's guess.
