The Luck Uglies #3: Rise of the Ragged Clover - Hardcover

Durham, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062271563 ISBN 13: 9780062271563

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2016

Synopsis

In this exhilarating conclusion to the critically acclaimed Luck Uglies series, the final battle between the Luck Uglies and the treacherous Fork-Tongue Charmers comes to Rye O’Chanter’s doorstep.

Filled with adventure, humor, and a hint of magic, this middle grade fantasy series is an irresistible cross between Chris Colfer’s Land of Stories series and Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon.

When Rye finally travels back home to Village Drowning to help her father with his plan to defeat the Luck Uglies’ bitter rivals, she finds it in shambles. The monstrous Bog Noblins now raid the streets at night. And people are afraid to leave their houses because no one is around to protect them.

Rye soon realizes she can’t wait for the adults to sort everything out, so she enlists her friends to come up with a plan. A plan that could change everything for Drowning . . . because the only way to save her village may just be to destroy it.

The Luck Uglies was named an ALA Notable Children’s Book as well as a New York Public Library Title for Reading and Sharing, and it won the Cybil Award for Middle Grade Speculative Fiction and a Sunshine State Young Readers Award.

About this title

About the Author

Paul Durham wrote this book and The Luck Uglies in an abandoned chicken coop at the edge of a swamp. He lives in New Hampshire with his wife, two daughters, and an enormous, bushy creature the local animal shelter identified as a cat.

Reviews

Gr 5–7—Village Drowning is suffering, and no word has come from it as Rye (Riley) O'Chanter, her little sister, and her mother hide out in Beyond the Shale, waiting and looking for Rye's father. Harmless is more than Rye's father; he is the chieftain of the Luck Uglies, the town's protectors, who are threatened by the ambitious, evil Slinister. As Rye and her friends in Drowning reunite and work to save their village and families, she discovers that things are not always clear-cut and that people—including parents—can be good and bad. Fast-paced and tense, with likable characters, this is a worthy addition to the series. VERDICT Though this third installment works as a stand-alone, it's best appreciated by readers of the previous books.—Maria B. Salvadore, formerly at District of Columbia Public Library

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062271563
• ISBN 13: 9780062271563
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Antonsson Petur
• Number of pages: 400