Ardagh, Philip.

A house called Awful End : book one of the Eddie Dickens trilogy / Philip Ardagh ; illustrated by David Roberts. - 1st American ed. - New York, NY : Henry Holt & Co., 2002. - 119 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - The Eddie Dickens trilogy Book 1. . - Ardagh, Philip. Eddie Dickens trilogy (Listening Library) Book 1. .

Originally published in London: Faber and Faber, 2000, under title: Awful End. Sequel: Dreadful acts.

When eleven-year-old Eddie Dickens's ill parents become "a bit crinkly round the edges," he is taken by his great-uncle and great-aunt, Mad Uncle Jack and Mad Aunt Maude, and embarks on adventures that involve strolling actors, St. Horrid's Home for Grateful Orphans, and a carnival float shaped like a giant cow.

980 Lexile.



0805068287 : $14.95

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Great-uncles--Juvenile fiction.
Great-aunts--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.


Humorous fiction.