The three Hardscrabble children, Otto, Lucia, and Max, live in the town of Little Trunks. For most of their lives they've been the "weird" children that everyone whispers about and no one wants to be friends with. Otto, the eldest Hardscrabble kid, began wearing a scarf on a daily basis after their ...
October? October? How can I wait? I cannot wait. :(
Not my style, drab, boring, and just not very well laid out in my opinion
What a treat this book was. It had such a unique voice.
This book was interesting and serious and totally not what I expected it to be. This was a good thing.
It's easy to understand why so many people, including Elizabeth Bird and my youngest daughter, have loved this. From the rarely used first-person plural narration to the amusing faux-Victorian chapter headings, it's a fun and touching adventure story. When we are first introduced to the Hardscrabb...
by Ellen PotterOpening lines--"There were three of them. Otto was the oldest, and the oddest. Then there was Lucia, who wished something interesting would happen. Last of all was Max, who always thought he knew better."My first coherent thought on starting the book was, "Oooh, Oswald Bastable narra...
The Hardscrabbles, Otto, Lucia (pronounced Lu-CHEE-a), Max, and their father, Casper, are a little different than other families in the small town of Little Tunks. You see, years earlier, Mrs. Hardscrabble disappeared. There one day and gone the next. And what happened to Tess Hardscrabble is a comp...
This book was really fantastic - up until the very end. It was well-written and funny. I enjoyed the relationships and interplay between the Hardscrabble siblings enormously; the building plot was exciting enough to keep me turning the pages; the overall spooky atmosphere lent a touch of Lemony Snic...
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