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 ... Misadventures of Emmaline and Rubberbones) - Softcover

Whitehouse, Howard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554531802 ISBN 13: 9781554531806

Publisher: Kids Can Press, 2007

Synopsis

Pioneering aviatrix Emmaline and her bouncy pilot, Rubberbones, are back for the second installment in the Mad Misadventures series. For the time being, they're safe from the headmistress and monsters of St. Grimelda's School. Their relative calm in the Yorkshire dales, however, is about to be shattered. A ruthless master criminal known as the Faceless Fiend wants very much to kidnap their haughty houseguest Princess Purnah, and it's obvious he'll stop at nothing (after all, he has no face to lose). With help from Aunt Lucy, the heroic butler Lal Singh and the hapless Professor Bellbuckle, Emmaline and Rubberbones devise an escape plan so bold, so clever, so completely insane that -- things get a lot worse. Follow our friends into the maze-like depths of darkest Victorian London as the villainous plot to abduct Princess Purnah leads to desperate chases, food fights, ridiculous costumes, balloons over London, famous fictional detectives, rat-killing contests and assorted mayhem.

About this title

About the Author:

Howard Whitehouse was born in Birmingham, England and now lives in New York State with his wife. Howard has been in a rock band, worked with troubled kids, and written two history books. Now, in addition to writing novels, he writes and designs history games and paints model soldiers. He attended the venerable King Edward VII School, the model for St. Grimelda's.

Review:

Offering a leading candidate for Year’s Best Title, this rousing sequel to The Strictest School in the World ? [offers] several memorable characters ? all coming to life both in the narrative and in Slavin’s usually hilarious drawings.

About this edition

• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1554531802
• ISBN 13: 9781554531806
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• Illustrator: Slavin Bill