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The Faceless Fiend
Being the Tale of a Criminal Mastermind, His Masked Minions and a Princess with a Butter Knife, Involving Explosives and a Certain Amount of Pushing and Shoving
By Whitehouse, Howard
- ISBN
- 978-1-55453-130-1
- Publisher
- Kids Can Press
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2007
Gr 4-7 In this sequel to "The Strictest School in the World" (Kids Can, 2006), 14-year-old Emmaline and Princess Purnah have escaped from St. Grimelda's School for Young Ladies and are living in Yorkshire in the autumn of 1894 with batty but lovable Aunt Lucy. Princess Purnah is heir to the throne of Chiligrit, a tiny, savage, mountainous place in the middle of Asia. The girls, along with Rubberbones, the indestructible errand boy, spend their days with the lunatic Professor Bellbuckle, trying to fly, since Emmaline aspires ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
Returning with his memorable cast including Emmaline (a fourteen-year-old aspiring aeronaut), Rab (a nearly indestructible urchin), Aunt Lucy (an exper...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
