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In Whales on Stilts, a madman has unleashed an army of stilt-walking, laser-beaming, thoroughly angry whales upon the world! Luckily, Jasper Dash and his friends Katie Mulligan and Lily Gefelty are around to save the day.
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*"Great Scott! The author of
Whales on Stilts has dashed off a swell sequel...Never has the Hardy Boys-Nancy Drew axis been knocked further or more delightfully askew."
--Booklist, starred review
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and#8220;Plenty of side-splitting humor will keep fans wanting more.and#8221;andlt;BRandgt; and#8212;andlt;iandgt;VOYAandlt;/iandgt;
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andlt;Bandgt;*andlt;/Bandgt;"Great Scott! The author of andlt;Iandgt;Whales on Stiltsandlt;/Iandgt; has dashed off a swell sequeland#8230;Never has the Hardy Boys-Nancy Drew axis been knocked further or more delightfully askew."andlt;BRandgt; and#8212;andlt;iandgt;Booklistandlt;/iandgt;, starred review
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The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen is as riotous and wonderfully weird as anything M. T. Anderson has ever written.
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"Great Scott A] swell sequel...Never has the Hardy Boys--Nancy Drew axis been knocked further or more delightfully askew." --Booklist (starred review) In the zany and humorous second book of National Book Award winner M.T. Anderson's Pals in Peril series, Jasper Dash and his friends are on the case, solving a spine-tingling mystery.
In need of a vacation after their last laser-beam-filled adventure, Lily, Jasper, and Katie have flown off for a restful stay at a distant mountain lodge, which just so happens to be hosting a gathering for characters from other middle grade series novels. Two--the marvelous Manley Boys--look suspiciously like a pair of crime-solving bothers named Frank and Joe Hardy. Two others are a pair of boy-crazy twin sisters who attend a high school in some sweet valley somewhere. And then there are the Hooper Quints, who, along with a wealthy heiress's priceless diamond necklace, have suddenly gone missing.
Does it surprise you that the supposedly "on vacation" Katie, Jasper, and Lily are the only ones around who have the chops to solve this challenging mystery?
National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson has done it again with this second volume of his riotous and wonderfully weird series.
Synopsis
Looking forward to a vacation, Katie, Lily, and Jasper attach their flying Gyroscopic Sky Suite to the Moose Tongue Lodge and Resort, where they mingle with other child heroes found in books, and where they become embroiled in a mystery involving lederhosen-clothed quintuplets and a screaming ventriloquist.
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Orignially published by: Harcourt Books; 2006?
About the Author
M.T. Anderson is the author of the Pals in Peril series; andlt;iandgt;The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothingandlt;/iandgt;, which won the National Book Award; andlt;iandgt;The Game of Sunken Placesandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;iandgt;Burger Wussandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;iandgt;Thirstyandlt;/iandgt;; and andlt;iandgt;Feedandlt;/iandgt;, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, a andlt;iandgt;Boston Globe-Horn Bookandlt;/iandgt; Honor Book, and the winner of the andlt;iandgt;Los Angeles Timesandlt;/iandgt; Book Award for Young Adults. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts. Visit him at MT-Anderson.com.Kurt Cyrus has illustrated numerousandnbsp;acclaimed picture books celebrating the natural world, including andlt;iandgt;Mammoths on the Moveandlt;/iandgt; by Lisa Wheeler and his own andlt;iandgt;Tadpole Rexandlt;/iandgt; and andlt;iandgt;Turtle Rexandlt;/iandgt;. Kurt lives with his wife inandnbsp;McMinnville, Oregon. Visit him at KurtCyrus.com.