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Horton Halfpott Or The Fiendish Mystery of Smugwick Manor; or The Loosening of M'Lady Luggertuck Corset Tom Angleberger 9780810997158 Books

(I just love saying aloud, "M'Lady Luggertuck." It cracks me up.) This book was great fun to read - so much so that after checking it out of the library, I then had to buy it as I knew I would read it again and again.

What a witty, wacky Dickensian story. The characters are well written and the situations in which they are involved can be, at times, hilarious. There are enough plot twists to keep you waiting with bated breath to find out what happens next. Sometimes when an author tries to be too inventive or clever, I find myself reading and rolling my eyes or "tsking" throughout the story. Not so with this book. The story actually is inventive and clever!

I do hope Mr. Angleberger finds it in his heart to turn those mysteries referenced in the story into actual books; i.e., "M'Lady Luggertuck Hires a Tattooed Nanny" and "M'Lady Luggertuck Meets a Handsome Frenchman."


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Horton Halfpott Or The Fiendish Mystery of Smugwick Manor; or The Loosening of M'Lady Luggertuck Corset Tom Angleberger 9780810997158 Books Reviews

The book was awesome. It keeps you guessing until the end. Characters that feel and sound real, plus an immersive story. Great read
This is a cheeky story with lots of exciting twists & turns. I would say it is great for older elementary and middle school.
Would use again. .good condition and received on time. .thank you
This is a great book I found it interesting because I like how adventurous these characters are . I also like how they write like they are actually talking to you. Great book I recommend reading it.
My 9-year-old nephew enjoys reading and likes to get into series books. This is his latest series after the Origami Yoda books.
We pre-ordered this book because my kids love Angleberger's book, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda. I started reading it to my daughters (7 and 9) a few days ago. We love it! They want me to read it every night, and beg me to read it at breakfast, too (which is a first). I haven't finished reading it to them, but I have been enjoying it so much that I finished it myself after they went to bed. Now I'm rereading it as I read it aloud and find it even more charming the second time through.

This book has a great deal of whimsy and funny asides. I enjoy that it is set in England, with the air of a British farce, but with a decidedly American perspective. My daughters think it's goofy and hilarious and really care about the earnest, painfully honor-bright hero. Highly recommended!
Angleberger is the guy who wrote a whole book about a fortune-telling origami Yoda, so you shouldn't be surprised by the title of his latest Horton Halfpott or The Fiendish Mystery of Smugwick Manor or The Loosening of M'Lady Luggertuck's Corset. Right there, you know you're in for an absolutely spiffing romp of a tale!

The story begins with Lady Luggertuck unexpectedly asking her maid to tie her corset a little less tightly. She's never done that before, and the manor house's crew of oppressed servants twitches mildly in the direction of chaos as a result. As the back jacket copy puts it "Shelves go undusted! Cake is eaten! Lunch is lukewarm!"

Then a family heirloom disappears, and the servants naturally get the blame. But Horton and his friends, the stable boys, who sound like a slightly objectionable law firm (Blight, Blemish, and Bump), are determined to discover the real thief. Along the way, Horton falls hard for a girl above his station and the Shipless Pirates complicate things considerably. Besides which, there's the obligatory sneering villain to make life hard for our hero.

Tongue-in-cheek is Angleberger's rallying cry in this book, as he takes on a traditional genre (um, Upstairs-Downstairs Melodrama? Gothic English Manor House Mystery with Highwaymen?) and makes it his own. Here's young Horton, not to mention the pleasantly intrusive Narrator

"'Lazy, lazy, lazy boy!' roared Miss Neversly, a middle-aged woman with two hundred years' worth of meanness in her. Her wild black hair whipped across her furious face as she swung her spoon at the servant boy. 'Wretched wart-covered ape!'

"Beware, Reader, do not form an opinion of Horton based on Miss Neversly's cruel words. True, he had just been a trifle careless in the matter of firewood fetching. However, he is to be the hero of our story and it is only fair to point out that he was ill-paid and ill-treated for his services, which mostly involved the washing of dishes and was normally done quite carefully."

Be sure to watch for the author's parody of Hercule Poirot and his ilk, AKA The Greatest Detective in all of England. Plus the harried and harrying members of the press. I also really enjoyed Angleberger's frequent references to supposed previous volumes about Lady Luggertuck, e.g., "Faithful readers will remember that M'Lady Luggertuck had a fear of forks ever since the events recounted in 'M'Lady Luggertuck Hires a Tattooed Nanny.'"

Outrageous? Oh, yes! But very funny, and very fun. For the kid with a taste for farce, Horton Halfpott is just the ticket.
(I just love saying aloud, "M'Lady Luggertuck." It cracks me up.) This book was great fun to read - so much so that after checking it out of the library, I then had to buy it as I knew I would read it again and again.

What a witty, wacky Dickensian story. The characters are well written and the situations in which they are involved can be, at times, hilarious. There are enough plot twists to keep you waiting with bated breath to find out what happens next. Sometimes when an author tries to be too inventive or clever, I find myself reading and rolling my eyes or "tsking" throughout the story. Not so with this book. The story actually is inventive and clever!

I do hope Mr. Angleberger finds it in his heart to turn those mysteries referenced in the story into actual books; i.e., "M'Lady Luggertuck Hires a Tattooed Nanny" and "M'Lady Luggertuck Meets a Handsome Frenchman."