A house called Awful End : book one of the Eddie Dickens trilogy

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Title:

A house called Awful End : book one of the Eddie Dickens trilogy

Author:

Ardagh, Philip.

Personal Author:

Ardagh, Philip.

Edition:

First American edition.

Publication Information:

New York : H. Holt, 2002.

Physical Description:

119 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Summary:

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.

General Note:

Originally published in England under the title Awful End. Faber and Faber, 2000.

Sequel: Dreadful acts.

Language:

English

Reading Level:

980 Lexile.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.3 4.0 63084.

Reading Counts RC 3-5 5.9 7 Quiz: 33711 Guided reading level: U.

Subject Term:

Great-uncles -- Juvenile fiction.