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Publisher:
HarperChildren'sAudio |
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ISBN:
0-06-073584-8 |
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Format
Reviewed: 2 1/2 hours / 2 CDs Unabridged |
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Genre:
Childrens Fiction [age 8-12] |
Reviewed:
2004 |
Reviewer:
Carisa Weeaks |
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The Best Halloween Ever
By Barbara Robinson
Performed
by Elaine Stritch
The
Herdmans. Those two words alone are enough to make every kid and
teacher in Woodrow Wilson school shiver and race for a place to
hide. They ruin EVERYTHING, but this time, it's gone too far. After
piling EIGHT KIDS into the revolving door of the bank, replacing
the anchovies on pizzas with guppies, replacing the kindergarten's
pet mice with guinea pigs, ruining Flag Day by stealing the flag,
Arbor Day by stealing the tree, and everything else they've done.
It was all of that and then some that made the mayor CANCEL HALLOWEEN!
Now, they don't have to worry about the Herdman's taking all the
kids' candies, tearing up front yards, setting things on fire, breaking
open the cages at the animal shelter and letting all the dogs loose,
or doing something else destructive or annoying, but now Beth, her
younger brother Charlie, and their classmates have a DIFFERENT kind
of Halloween to fear...one at SCHOOL! What will happen this year?
Has Mr. Crabtree, their principle, finally lost it, trying to throw
a party for a holiday that he's always despised? Will the Herdmans
do anything to the school party, or will the townspeople finally
have a chance to have a "Herdman-free" Halloween?
I LOVE
THIS AUDIOBOOK!!! It's a great sequel to "The Best School Year
Ever"! Beth, Charlie, their parents, and their friends are
put through day after day of chaos, confusion, and torture provided
totally by the Herdmans. I love Robinson's no-nonsense writing style,
making it easier for her listeners to get deep inside the mind of
a girl who lives in what can only be called the strangest, most
insanely hysterical town to ever exist.
Elain
Stritch was the narrator for "The Best School Year Ever",
and I can't say HOW HAPPY I was when I saw that she was the narrator
for this one as well. She's done an INCREDIBLE job bringing Beth
and her friends to life.
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