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Missing
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Publication
Egmont UK (2014), 256 pages
Description
The eighth Mr Gum adventure—as ridiculous as ever Talking parrots in the rooftops? A giant cactus on the high street? Mosquitos so nasty that even their own friends don't like them? Something's gone terribly wrong in Lamonic Bibber . . . and Mr Gum is nowhere to be found. Yes, folks, Polly and Friday are facing their biggest challenge yet. So strap yourselves in, cry "HI-HO-WEIRDY!" and get ready for an adventure so crazy your feet will melt with happiness! And I'm not just saying that, I've actually seen it happen.
User reviews
LibraryThing member LaviniaRossetti
Polly and Friday and their little pal Alan Taylor are back to adventures again, but this one is much worst than any others they have completed. Clouds are falling out of the sky, and all sorts of crazy and bazaar ideas are popping everywhere. But can the Department of Clouds and Yoghurts save the
This adventure is basically up to Old Granny's hobby of swift sips and crafty guzzles of sherry and Billy William the Third and Mr Gum's way of meat.
This book was great, and I am sad to say that it is the end of the Mr Gum series. You have to read them again and again, but then you know what is to happen and knowing what is to happen happens to happen worse.
Andy Stanton may well be my favourite author, and that David guy as my favourite illustrator, but these books might just be TOO GOOD to actually like!*
*I'm saying that this is a marvellous book, not a horrible one.
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amazing but cruel day?This adventure is basically up to Old Granny's hobby of swift sips and crafty guzzles of sherry and Billy William the Third and Mr Gum's way of meat.
This book was great, and I am sad to say that it is the end of the Mr Gum series. You have to read them again and again, but then you know what is to happen and knowing what is to happen happens to happen worse.
Andy Stanton may well be my favourite author, and that David guy as my favourite illustrator, but these books might just be TOO GOOD to actually like!*
*I'm saying that this is a marvellous book, not a horrible one.
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Awards
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (Longlist — 2011)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
256 p.; 5.25 inches
ISBN
9781405253277
Other editions
Mr Gum and the Secret Hideout by Andy Stanton (Paperback)
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