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Publisher:
HarperCollins |
Release
Date: August 17, 2004 |
ISBN:
0060586850 |
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Format
Reviewed: Hardcover |
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Genre:
Children’s Fiction / Fantasy (ages 8-13) |
Reviewed:
2004 |
Reviewer:
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Reviewer
Notes: Carisa Weeaks |
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Measle and the Wrathmonk
By Ian Ogilvy
Measle
is a boy who literally lives in darkness -- a black house with a
black rain storm hovered constantly above it. What’s worse
though is WHY the house and the neighborhood is like that -- Measle’s
legal guardian, Basil Tramplebone. There’s no water (in fact,
the only thing coming out of the pipes is green sludge), no food
(except for a bag of weary-looking carrots), and nothing to help
Measle get out from under his evil, snaky guardian’s slimy
thumb. Things look like they couldn’t get any worse - until
Measle makes the mistake of making Basil angry. Now Measle is stuck
in the gigantic model train set that Basil has spent nearly every
waking hour on with no way out...that’s until he discovers
that some parts of the mock countryside and town aren’t quite
what they seem. Will Measle escape the wrath of his evil guardian?
Or will he end up a tasty meal for the “something” that
lurks in the rafters of the attic, watching over the plastic playground
and waiting for its next meal?
I LOVE
THIS BOOK! When I saw it, I immediately thought of a Tim Burton-esque
tale. I read it and couldn’t believe I had finished it so
quickly. Ogilvy has taken the ingenious imagination of James
and the Giant Peach and mixed it with the twisted originality
of A Nightmare before Christmas and created a concoction
so strange, so unique that you’ll just have to read it to
believe it. Well done! With characters like these, who needs TV?! |