Pure Dead Wicked

by Debi Gliori

Pure Dead (2), Magiaa (2)

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The Strega-Borgia children accidentally create 500 clones of themselves at the same time that the roof on their Scottish castle falls in, attracting evil contractors who want their home.

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The reviews on the back of this book tout it as "Harry Potter meets Lemony Snicket," but what a dismal disappointment it turned out to be. The book reeks of imitation; you can tell it's trying oh so hard to be the next big thing in kids' fantasy fiction. It fails miserably. The overly sarcastic style doesn't even come close to Snicket's intelligent humor, and the characters are perfect cardboard. I didn't care a bit for any of them, and didn't even finish the book. This book is pure dead boring, and I hope there won't be any more in the series.
Strega-Borgioiden linnan katto tarvitsee korjausta. Korjauksen ajaksi Strega-Borgiat pakkaavat tavaransa ja lemmikkinsä ja muuttavat Fforbes-Campbellien hotelliin. Byggis-Rotisko aloittelee korjaus urakkaa, mutta tuleekin siihen tulokseen, että hyötyy linnasta enemmän jos saa Strega-Borgiat myymään sen Bella-Vistalle.

Hotellielo ei suju ongelmitta. Strega-Borgioiden lemmikit, lohikäärme, krokotiili, jeti ja aarnikotka, joutuvat asumaan tallissa. Titus sen sijaan puuhailee tsi-kloonien kanssa. Johtuen Lirun väliintulosta vaaleanpunaisia klooneja on pian vapaana hotellissa 500 kappaletta.

Pandora suree kotiin jääneitä lemmikkejään Moninaista, Terminusta ja Tarantellaa. Autettuaan Titusta kloonien kanssa, he lähtevät hakemaan show more unohtuneita lemmikkejä kotilinnasta. Samaan muut lemmikit ovat karkaamassa tallista ja palaamassa kotiin. Strega-Borgioiden linnaan ovat matkalla myös Byggis-Rotisko ja Bella-Vista. Ehtivätkö Säppi ja McLachlann auttamaan lapsia ja lemmikeitä? Entä saadaanko katto korjattua vai joutuvatko Strega-Borgiat muuttamaan rakkaasta linnastaan?

Tässä ehkä juonen alkuasetelma on hieman liian perinteinen. Samoin tarinan juonen kuljetus on hitaampaa. Henkilöt ovat jo tuttuja, eivätkä tarvitse esittelyjä, joten toimintaan olisi voinut siirtyä aikaisemminkin.

Mukava kirja kuitenkin. Nyt en malta odottaa, että pääsisin lukemaan jatkoa.
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Author and illustrator Debi Gliori was born in 1959 in Glasgow, Scotland. She went to school there as well and studied design and illustration at Edinburgh College of Art. She received an Andrew Grant traveling scholarship to go to Milan for a year. Gliori is best known for her work with children's books. Her picture book Mr. Bear to the Rescue show more won the Children's Book Award and was short listed for the Kate Greenaway Prize. Where, Oh Where, is Baby Bear? was shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Baby Book Award in 2001. Always and Forever, written by Alan Durant and illustrated by Debi Gliori, was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2003. Her work has also been shortlisted for the Scottish Arts Council Award (for Pure Dead Wicked in 2003), and for the Royal Mail Award, for Stormy Weather in 2010. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Kids, Tween, Fiction and Literature, Fantasy
DDC/MDS
823.914Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-19991945-1999
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PZ7 .G4889 .PLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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