Araminta Spookie 3: Frognapped

Overview

Usually Araminta gets blamed when something's amiss in Spookie House. But this time she had nothing to do with the disappearance of Barry Wizzard's frogs, and she is determined to find them. It's not going to be that easy, especially when dealing with a crazy character named Old Morris, a dangerous shark, and a demanding aquarium show audience. Can Araminta find the frogs and steal the show?

Editorial Reviews

Gr 2-4-Araminta Spookie feels that she is always blamed unfairly when something goes wrong or disappears, so when the father of her friend Wanda Wizzard tells her that she had better return his troupe of five acrobatic frogs, she decides to clear her name by setting up a detective agency to solve the frognapping. Although Spookie House has ghosts and at least one vampire (Uncle Drac, who likes to knit), the only character who seems to be up to anything even faintly sinister is Old Morris, a grouchy neighbor who suddenly turns his mushroom farm into a low-budget marine park. Black-and-white illustrations of cartoonlike characters with eyes on the sides of their faces appear throughout. The solution to the mystery is obvious halfway through the book. Frognapped, like the other "Araminta Spookie" books, seems designed for readers who like the idea of spooky things such as secret passages and ghosts, but do not want to read about anything even remotely scary. The humor is often so slight that it barely seems worth chuckling at. Purchase only if series fans are demanding more.-Walter Minkel, New York Public Library Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.

Author Information

Bio of Angie Sage

Born in London, but growing up in the Thames Valley of England, Angie Sage was always interested in reading and art. Although she initially attended medical school, Sage left to study Graphic Design and Illustration at an art school in Leicester, England. After her schooling, Sage began illustrating books and then later moved onto writing. Currently living in Cornwall, Sage is still an avid reader and also enjoys sailing.

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Additional Info

Imprint

Katherine Tegen Books

Filesize

3.65 MB

Number of Pages

224

eBook ISBN

9780061704932