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Walker (2008), Paperback, 128 pages
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Luke, Cleo, and Resus battle millions of spiders as they attempt to retrieve the heart of an ancient mummy, which is the third relic Luke needs to escape Scream Street and take his terrified parents home.
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LibraryThing member Rhinoa
The first 3 books in the Scream Street series introduce us to the main characters Luke Watson (werewolf), Resus Negative (vampire) and Chloe Farr (mummy tomboy). Luke was a normal boy growing up with his parents when one day his whole family are transported into Scream Street by the mysterious
Luke and his two friends set out on a quest to regain all the original artefacts of the towns founders. In the first book they much find a fang of the original vampire, the second a vial of the witches blood and in the third the heart of the mummy who founded the town. They are guided by an author who trapped himself in his own book and are chased at every step in their journey by evil landlord Otto Sneer.
These are a fun read and can be enjoyed by older readers too. The illustrations are great and it have just the right amount of bite in them. It looks like another great children's Liverpool (go scousers!) writer is on the scene.
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Government Housing of Unusual Lifeforms (G.H.O.U.L.) movers. There Luke makes friends reluctantly while trying to find a way to go back home. He begins to settle in, but his human parents are having a very difficult time getting used to the strange characters and their supernatural abilities. Luke and his two friends set out on a quest to regain all the original artefacts of the towns founders. In the first book they much find a fang of the original vampire, the second a vial of the witches blood and in the third the heart of the mummy who founded the town. They are guided by an author who trapped himself in his own book and are chased at every step in their journey by evil landlord Otto Sneer.
These are a fun read and can be enjoyed by older readers too. The illustrations are great and it have just the right amount of bite in them. It looks like another great children's Liverpool (go scousers!) writer is on the scene.
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LibraryThing member JalenV
Heart of the Mummy is book three in Tommy Donbavand's Scream Street series. It opens during a thunderstorm as two werewolves battle while Rhesus Negative has a sword duel with Sir Otto Sneer, the very unpleasant landlord of Scream Street. (See chapter 12 of book one, Fang of the Vampire for why Sir
Samuel Skiptone assures Luke that his parents are all right, although the reason gives Luke fresh determination to get his normal parents back to the real world. Luke has two of the six founding father relics he needs to accomplish his goal. The next one is the heart of the mummy, of course.
We finally meet Cleo Farr the mummy's father, Niles, whose image has been on the double-page cast list since book one. We also learn what happened to Cleo's mother, Alexandria. Other introductions are to the Crudleys, a family of bog monsters, and Simon Howl, a ghost, who has just moved to Scream Street.
Our trio of relic hunters have a pretty hard time tracking down the mummy's heart. We can afford to chuckle, we're not there. I enjoye d the encounter with Founding Father Heru the mummy much more than they did.
Chapter 2:
a. Niles Farr is introduced.
b.. the Watsons have been on Scream Street for two weeks
c. Simon Howl is introduced. He's got the music of Buddy Bones (greatest skeleton jazz drummer in the world), playing.
d. Why the movers have no ears, eyes, noses, or mouths is explained. (Can the Movers get out of whatever contract or agreement they might have entered into? Their story is horrifying!)
Chapter 3:
a. Resus mentions his Uncle Sisor.
b. We learn how the Movers communicate.
c. Luke picks 'When the Saints Go Marching In' for his tune.
Chapter 5:
a. Heru isn't what they were expecting.
b. Ancient Egypt's most popular soap opera was 'The Nile Flows North'. One of the characters was Ramone, the telepathic cattleherder.
c. We meet Mrs. Crudley and her darling Fifi.
Chapter 6:
a. We meet Mr. Crudley.
b. Enter Doug the zombie.
c. Berry is a female zombie.
d. Sunday will be Turf's 38th re-birthday (the day he rose as a zombie).
e. Resus did pull an elderly relative's liver out of his cloak in an earlier book.
Chapter 7: The Farrs' nice surprise doesn't go well for Luke.
Chapter 8:
a. Things are getting darker at 13 Scream Street.
b. Mrs. Watson's first name is Susan.
Chapter 9:
a. There's a parade on Scream Street.
b. Resus invokes Dracula's name.
Chapter 10: Did Mrs. Watson's broken arm from book one get healed in only two weeks? If not, I hope it's covered in plastic.
Chaptr 11: Good news for some Scream Street residents, but what about the others?
Did I enjoy the third book? I certainly did! Well, aside from some disturbing implications that might not occur to younger readers. Arachnophobes might want to skip this one.
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Otto is so nasty.)Samuel Skiptone assures Luke that his parents are all right, although the reason gives Luke fresh determination to get his normal parents back to the real world. Luke has two of the six founding father relics he needs to accomplish his goal. The next one is the heart of the mummy, of course.
We finally meet Cleo Farr the mummy's father, Niles, whose image has been on the double-page cast list since book one. We also learn what happened to Cleo's mother, Alexandria. Other introductions are to the Crudleys, a family of bog monsters, and Simon Howl, a ghost, who has just moved to Scream Street.
Our trio of relic hunters have a pretty hard time tracking down the mummy's heart. We can afford to chuckle, we're not there. I enjoye d the encounter with Founding Father Heru the mummy much more than they did.
Chapter 2:
a. Niles Farr is introduced.
b.. the Watsons have been on Scream Street for two weeks
c. Simon Howl is introduced. He's got the music of Buddy Bones (greatest skeleton jazz drummer in the world), playing.
d. Why the movers have no ears, eyes, noses, or mouths is explained. (Can the Movers get out of whatever contract or agreement they might have entered into? Their story is horrifying!)
Chapter 3:
a. Resus mentions his Uncle Sisor.
b. We learn how the Movers communicate.
c. Luke picks 'When the Saints Go Marching In' for his tune.
Chapter 5:
a. Heru isn't what they were expecting.
b. Ancient Egypt's most popular soap opera was 'The Nile Flows North'. One of the characters was Ramone, the telepathic cattleherder.
c. We meet Mrs. Crudley and her darling Fifi.
Chapter 6:
a. We meet Mr. Crudley.
b. Enter Doug the zombie.
c. Berry is a female zombie.
d. Sunday will be Turf's 38th re-birthday (the day he rose as a zombie).
e. Resus did pull an elderly relative's liver out of his cloak in an earlier book.
Chapter 7: The Farrs' nice surprise doesn't go well for Luke.
Chapter 8:
a. Things are getting darker at 13 Scream Street.
b. Mrs. Watson's first name is Susan.
Chapter 9:
a. There's a parade on Scream Street.
b. Resus invokes Dracula's name.
Chapter 10: Did Mrs. Watson's broken arm from book one get healed in only two weeks? If not, I hope it's covered in plastic.
Chaptr 11: Good news for some Scream Street residents, but what about the others?
Did I enjoy the third book? I certainly did! Well, aside from some disturbing implications that might not occur to younger readers. Arachnophobes might want to skip this one.
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128 p.; 7.56 inches
ISBN
1406314269 / 9781406314267
Local notes
Millions of spiders escape and cover everything with their suffocating webs. Luke Watson (boy-turned-werewolf), vampire Resus, and mummy Cleo are trying to combat the creepy-crawlies as they search for the third relic Luke needs to take his parents home - the heart of an ancient mummy.
Signed and humorously inscribed to A by Tommy.
Signed and humorously inscribed to A by Tommy.