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Fourteen-year-old Anthony Monday of Hoosac, Minnesota, and his friend Miss Eells, the Hoosac librarian, try to stop an evil wizard from turning the world into an icy wasteland.Tags
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Although the first book in the series was free of the occult, Bellairs must have decided to stick to what his readership was used to with the second book, so a magic plot to end the world must be defeated. The midwestern setting is fun, and if you're willing to go with John Bellairs' familiar tropes it's all good.
Fourteen-year-old Anthony Monday of Hoosac, Minnesota, and his friend Miss Eells, the Hoosac librarian, try to stop an evil wizard from turning the world into an icy wasteland.
my favourite part is the truck driver singing, "My name is Jon Johnson; I come from Ves Consin."
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John Bellairs was born in Marshall, Michigan on January 17, 1938. He attended Notre Dame and the University of Chicago. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, he was a teacher. He went on to author fifteen graphic novels for young adults, one fantasy book "The Face in the Frost," and two other books. His works have been nominated for several awards show more in the past. Among those nominated for, he won the Utah Children's Fiction Book Award in 1981 for "The Letter, the Witch and the Ring" and the New York Times Outstanding Books of 1973 Award for "The House with a Clock in Its Walls." Bellairs died of cardiovascular disease, on March 8, 1991. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Dark Secret of Weatherend
- Original publication date
- 1984
- People/Characters
- Anthony Monday; Myra Eells; A. Anders Borkman; Howard Monday; Ginny Monday; Keith Monday (show all 9); Mrs. Hanson Oxenstern; Emerson Eells; John Johnson
- Important places
- Hoosac, Minnesota, USA; Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA; Duluth, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota, USA; USA; Wisconsin, USA
- Dedication
- For Toby, a good editor and a good friend.
- First words
- On a hilly winding road in rural Minnesota, a boy named Anthony Monday was pedaling furiously on a bicycle.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It was Mrs. Oxenstern, of course.
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- Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 741.5973 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing and drawings Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips History, geographic treatment, biography North American United States (General)
- LCC
- PZ7 .B413 .D — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- English
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- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 7
- ASINs
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