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Zusatztext Praise for the League of Beastly Dreadfuls “Nasty good fun from beginning to end!” —Bruce Coville! bestselling author of My Teacher Is an Alien “Lit up with laughs and tears and the occasional fart joke.” — Kirkus Reviews! Starred Review “This adventure is filled with enough mystery and humor to keep readers wondering what will happen next. A solid debut reminiscent of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events.” — School Library Journal “Just the right mix of humor! magic! maliciousness! and suspense.” — Booklist Informationen zum Autor Holly Grant Klappentext "WONDERFULLY WITTY." -Chris Grabenstein, New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library and coauthor with James Patterson of House of Robots and Treasure Hunters Take one part Roald Dahl, a pinch of Mysterious Benedict Society, and a dash of Lemony Snicket, then add a league of adventurous children, a little magic, and a centuries-old feud with witches, and you get this quirky and hilarious middle-grade series! After their narrow escape from a NEFARIOUS kidnapping ring, Anastasia, Ollie, and Quentin (aka the League of Beastly Dreadfuls!) are looking forward to a relaxing vacation from DANGER! INTRIGUE! CATASTROPHE! Sadly, they're not going to get one. Because Anastasia makes the SHOCKING discovery that her family is at the heart of a centuries-old WAR with WITCHES, a war that began with the dastardly disappearance of Anastasia's very own grandfather. Can the league track down Anastasia's grandfather and find out who Anastasia really is? Gentle Reader, BEWARE! The trail of clues leads to spine-tingling surprises. Read on . . . if you DARE!1 S’mores ALL GREAT ESCAPES require pluck, brains, and courage. If you’re lucky, you may also enjoy the convenience of a reliable getaway vehicle. In this respect, Anastasia McCrumpet was very lucky. You might even say that she had won the jackpot of escape rides: an all-expenses-paid cruise in a hot-air balloon. And not just any hot-air balloon, mind you! The HMB Flying Fox was a chameleonic craft ! This means, dear Reader, that— like a clever chameleon—this balloon transformed to blend in with its surroundings. At the moment in which we join Anastasia, the Flying Fox was a superbly stealthy, almost black blue, scintillating with hundreds of starry twinkles and practically invisible against the night sky. Two other passengers crouched in the wicker balloon basket with Anastasia: MISS PENELOPE APPLE , librarian extraordinaire and (she had revealed not five minutes earlier) Anastasia’s secret aunt; And the dashing, mustachioed BALDWIN , an ally in Anastasia’s escape from a fate most terrible. This wonderfully bewhiskered gent was, Anastasia had just discovered, Miss Apple’s brother. And that made him Anastasia’s secret uncle. It was a night for learning secrets. Anastasia itched to learn the biggest secret of all: why had Primrose and Prudence Snodgrass, two celebrated kidnappers of children deemed potentially dangerous, nabbed an absolutely average almost-eleven-year-old from the humble town of Mooselick? Why had two nefarious agents of CRUD (Committee for Rubbing-out Unnatural Dreadfuls) snatched Anastasia from her humdrum life and locked her up in a soggy former lunatic asylum? “Why,” she asked, “did Prim and Prude bother with me ?” Miss Apple and Baldwin exchanged a Serious Look. “It’s a long story,” Baldwin finally said. “And chock-full of scandal and shockers. Real jaw-droppers. Are you sure you want to find out?” “Tell me,” Anastasia urged. “I want to know.” “Brave girl.” Baldwin nodded his approval. “First of all, we’re going to need s’mores.” Miss Apple rummaged in the picnic basket she had packed for their ba...
