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S'està carregant… The Gargoyle in the Dumpde John Bellairs
Cap No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. 1   AltheaAnn | Feb 9, 2016 |   Only a few pages but totally enjoyable. I received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Check out more children's book reviews in my Reviews in Chalk Blog! (  ) Sanlema | Feb 8, 2016 | Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
From the award-winning author of The Face in the Frost comes the story of three brothers who rescue a talking gargoyle from their neighborhood junkyard Michael, David, and Alphonsus Jr. (aka Fonsy) are spending the summer trying to blow up the town dock and playing marathon Monopoly games. On the brink of death-by-boredom, they head to the local dump in search of treasures--such as oil cans that Michael can use to build a submarine. But what they find is far from garbage. Staring out at them, between two black stovepipes, is the head of a grinning stone gargoyle with shifty eyes and a long snout. He demands that the brothers take him home to live with them, so the boys wrap him in blankets and cart him back in a wagon. At the house, the gargoyle regales them with vivid tales of his exploits in faraway times and places. He even comes up with endlessly inventive ways of terrorizing the boys' irritatingly dull neighbors. Finally, this is a summer worth writing home about. The Gargoyle in the Dump is a recently discovered, never-before-published story. Also included are two pages of the author's original typed manuscript and an introduction from his long-time literary agent, Richard Curtis. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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 Google Books — S'està carregant…GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana: (3.38)
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The story is truly vintage Bellairs. It is just a short story, however, not a full novel. Still, it's well worth the couple of bucks it's selling for.
Three boys find a magical gargoyle in the local dump. Dragging it home, they're entertained by its ability to show them scenes from its storied history, to become involved in their play at being pirates, and most of all, to give the boring neighbors a bit of come-uppance.
The feel is a bit like 'Swallows and Amazons' - but with children who are just a little naughtier.
Admittedly, there were points at which I wished for more development of the characters, and I also felt that the story could've been expanded; with more gargoyle adventures. Perhaps if Bellairs had been with us longer, he would've come back to this piece and done more with the idea. It's still thoroughly enjoyable.
Many thanks to NetGalley and Open Road Media for the opportunity to read. As always, my opinions are solely my own. (