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Quirky Times at Quagmire Castle

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Quirky Times at Quagmire Castle
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Karen Wallace
SeriesBlack Cats
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:96
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
ISBN/Barcode 9780713665727
ClassificationsDewey:823.914 823.914
Audience
Children's (6-12)

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Publication Date 31 October 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Quagmire Castle is the much-loved, but totally dilapidated, home to a motley cast of humans and ghosts. When it comes to saving the Castle from demolition at the hands of the the gruesome bank manager, Gordon Grabbit, Aunt Tabitha's solution is to start knitting. Fortunately, her niece and nephew, Emily and Jack, are determined to preserve their beloved home. Meanwhile, upstairs in the attic, the whist-playing ghosts, Dudley and Delicia (together with their pet monkey, Powderball), can smell trouble, too. Soon, it's all hands to the pump (even if some of those hands are see-through) in an effort to save Quagmire Castle. And nobody could ever have predicted the chaos and hilarity that will ensue! This is a laugh-a-minute action adventure with as madcap a cast of characters as you're ever likely to meet. Another winner from the highly-acclaimed author of Something Slimy on Primrose Drive - which sold out in hardback virtually upon publication.

Author Biography

Karen Wallace is an award-winning author of children's books. Her first novel for older readers, Raspberries on the Yangtze (Simon & Schuster) was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. The first in her series for younger readers, The Crunchbone Castle Chronicles, published by A&C Black, was selected for the Summer Reading Challenge in 2006. The Goosepimple Bay Sagas was a World Book Day recommended read in 2008 and Li Fu's Great Aim was chosen for the recent Boys into Books promotion.