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The Secret of Castle Cant
Being an Account of the Remarkable Adventures of Lucy Wickwright, Maidservant and Spy
By Bath, K. P. & Christiana, David
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-31610-848-5
- Publisher
- New York : Little, Brown and Co., c2004.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2004
Gr 5-9 Bath deals with a familiar fairy-tale theme: the discovery of noble lineage in a maidservant. His treatment, however, is quirky, funny, and rife with social satire; his style, full of puns, similes, alliteration, and just the right tone of tongue-in-cheek pomposity, is delightful. The setting is the Barony of Cant, a land so small that it is lost in the creases of every map. While the Cantlings live as though it were long ago, the time is actually contemporary, and the heroine we...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
