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Life in a small town can be pretty boring when everyone avoids you like the plague. But after their father unwittingly sends them to stay with an aunt who’s away on holiday, the Hardscrabble children take off on an adventure that begins in the seedy streets of London and ends in a peculiar sea... read more
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Characters edit
- Lucia Hardscrabble: Pronounced lu CHEE a. Lucia is the middle child & sister to Otto & Max. Lucia is also very candid sometimes people wish otherwise.
- Otto Hardscrabble: Otto is the eldest sibling at age 13 & also the oddest. He doesn’t speak and is never seen without his scarf. Brother to Lucia & Max. He doesn't talk, choosing instead to use a "sign language" that only he, Lucia, and Max can understand.
- Max Hardscrabble: Max is the youngest Hardscrabble, most people would call him a know-it-all, and sometimes he is too smart for his own good. Brother to Lucia & Otto.
- Casper Hardscrabble: Father of Otto, Lucia and Max. Sketches unpopular and disowned royals.
- Saint George: A man who lives in Snoring by the Sea. He's a taxidermist who looks like a viking.
- Haddie Piggit: American. Lives in the play castle behind Kneebone Castle
- Chester: Chester is a black cat with extra toes. We meet him later on in the story.
Quotes edit
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“"All great adventures have moments that are really crap."”
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“"Look, when do the really interesting things happen? Not when you've brushed your teeth and put on your pyjamas and are cozy in bed. They happen when you are cold and uncomfortable and hungry and don't have a roof over your head for the night."”
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First Sentence edit
There were three of them.
Table of Contents edit
Chapters 1-24
Series & Lists edit
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ellen Potter (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends, imprint of Macmillan
Country: USA
Publication Date: August, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-312-37772-4
Page Count: 282
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends, imprint of Macmillan
Country: USA
Publication Date: August, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-312-37772-4
Page Count: 282
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