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Informationen zum Autor Dave Eggers, illustrated by Júlia Sardà Klappentext Author Dave Eggers and artist Júlia Sardà spin a quirky historical event into a whimsical and tall-ish true tale of ingenuity. It all started when John "Minnie" Moore built a mine in Idaho and sold it to Englishman Henry Miller. Then Henry married a local lass named Annie and built her a mansion. After Henry died and Annie was hoodwinked - losing all but the mansion - she and her son took to raising pigs, as some are wont to do. But the town wanted those pigs out. Who could have guessed that Annie would remove the whole mansion instead - rolling it away slowly on logs - while she and her son were still living in it?Narrated with metafictional flair, make way for history as only Dave Eggers could stage it.
About the author
Dave Eggers has won the American Book Award, the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for Education, and the TED Prize, as well as being a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. His books for adults include
The Circle, What Is the What and
The Every, among others. His books for young readers include
Abner and
Ian Get Right-Side Up, illustrated by Laura Park;
Tomorrow Most Likely, illustrated by Lane Smith; and
We Became Jaguars, illustrated by Woodrow White. His children's books with illustrator Shawn Harris include
Her Right Foot and
What Can a Citizen Do?, as well as
The Eyes and the Impossible, which won him the 2024 John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to children's literature. He is the founder of 826 National, a network of youth writing and tutoring centres around the United States. Find him online at daveeggers.net.
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Witty and wonderfully illustrated [...] It's delightful for two reasons: Eggers's wry narration and the mischievous illustration by Júlia Sardà. Lucy Bannerman The Times
