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A House Called Awful End (Eddie Dickens, Book 1)
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A House Called Awful End (Eddie Dickens, Book 1)
Author: Philip Ardagh

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Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780439537599 - ISBN-10: 0439537592
Publication Date: 9/1/2003
Pages: 144
Reading Level: Ages 9-12


Other Versions of this Book: Audio Cassette (Unabridged)

Book Description:
When both of Eddie's parents catch a diseas that makes them turn yellow, , it's agreed he should go away and stay wioth relatives at their house, Awful End. Alas for Eddie, those relatives are Mad Uncle Jack and Even Madder Aunt Maud - and the journey to Awful End will take him to everywhere from St. Horrid's Hone for Grateful Orphans to an audience with The Empress of All China. They never actually make it to Awful End, but that's okay. The hilarious, nefarious, precarious journey is well worth its weight in wonderful and wacky words.

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Bren theroselady wrote on 3/6/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Too weird for me!


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H M. (anchovy) wrote on 1/1/2007...


A fun kid's read very much along the lines of Lemony Snicket's "Unfortunate Events". Book one of the trilogy.

Patty K. (twinmom7) wrote on 8/27/2006...


When both of Eddie's parents catch a diseas that makes them turn yellow, , it's agreed he should go away and stay wioth relatives at their house, Awful End. Alas for Eddie, those relatives are Mad Uncle Jack and Even Madder Aunt Maud - and the journey to Awful End will take him to everywhere from St. Horrid's Hone for Grateful Orphans to an audience with The Empress of All China. They never actually make it to Awful End, but that's okay. The hilarious, nefarious, precarious journey is well worth its weight in wonderful and wacky words.



Cheryl C. wrote on 7/12/2006...


great adventures of eddie dickens great for kids ages 9-12, funny stories series of 3 books

Laura V. (Bethannie) wrote on 5/14/2006...


"Kids who lap up Lemony Snicket's series will take quickly to this tale and clamor for the next." ~ Publishers Weekly

Trina K. wrote on 8/8/2005...


YOU MIGHT NOT CRY AT EVERYTHING EDDIE DICKENS HAS TO GO THROUGH...BUT YOU WILL MOST CERTAINLY LAUGH.


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