Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head (Book One)

@2@The book is about, among other things: the strongest boy in the world, a talking cockatoo, a faulty mind reader, a beautiful bearded lady and a nervous magician, an old museum, and a shrunken head.@3@@2@Blessed with extraordinary abilities, orphans Philippa, Sam, and Thomas have grown up happily in Dumfrey's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders. Philippa is a powerful mentalist, Sam is the world's strongest boy, and Thomas can squeeze himself into a space no bigger than a bread box. The children live happily with museum owner Mr. Dumfrey, alongside other misfits. But when a fourth child, Max, a knife-thrower, joins the group, it sets off an unforgettable chain of events.@3@@2@When the museum's Amazonian shrunken head is stolen, the four are determined to get it back. But their search leads them to a series of murders and an explosive secret about their pasts.@3@

Bericht

Stupendous and stupefying! A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside a Shrunken Head. If you aren't curious about Curiosity House somebody must have pickled your brain and put in a jar. Read this book immediately. Pseudonymous Bosch, New York Times bestselling author of the Secret Series and Bad

Produktdetails

• Autoren: H C Chester, H. G. Chester, Lauren Oliver
• Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: 9 bis 11 Jahre
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 08.10.2015
• EAN: 9781444777185
• ISBN: 978-1-4447-7718-5
• Seiten: 368
• Abmessung: 146 mm x 220 mm x 33 mm
• Serie: Curiosity House
• Thema: Kinder- und Jugendbücher > Kinderbücher bis 11 Jahre