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The Charlie Small Journal #3
The Puppet Master
Gentleman adventurer Nick Ward has tracked down a third installment of Charlie Small’s incredible life story. The battered journal was found beneath the seat of a bus shelter in Pimlico. Passed into the hands of a collector of dubious repute, it took swift work from Nick to prevent the story from vanishing forever!
Having finally escaped from the perfidious pirates, Charlie travels though icy waters and hair-raising mountains and encounters man-eating bats, a wild dog whose bark is worse than his bite, and ultimately finds himself ensnared by the evil Puppet Master, a figure of pure unadulterated evil. Will Charlie manage to escape his clutches, or will he remain a puppet forever, never to adventure again?
Charlie Small is a keen amateur explorer. His interests include climbing trees, collecting things, playing computer games, and football. He also enjoys conversing in the secret language of the gorillas. His present whereabouts is unknown, but we understand that he’s hoping to be home in time for tea.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Having finally escaped from the perfidious pirates, Charlie travels though icy waters and hair-raising mountains and encounters man-eating bats, a wild dog whose bark is worse than his bite, and ultimately finds himself ensnared by the evil Puppet Master, a figure of pure unadulterated evil. Will Charlie manage to escape his clutches, or will he remain a puppet forever, never to adventure again?
Charlie Small is a keen amateur explorer. His interests include climbing trees, collecting things, playing computer games, and football. He also enjoys conversing in the secret language of the gorillas. His present whereabouts is unknown, but we understand that he’s hoping to be home in time for tea.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
176 pages, Library Binding
First published August 2, 2007
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August 12, 2020
I haven't read any prequels or sequels to this. I have to assume they all will be similar.
Charlie Small is 400 years old. He is also 8 years old. I feel accepting this will help a reader. He has a tendency to get into awkward and dangerous situations. Sometimes on every page he finds a new one. This does feel a little repetitive by the middle of the book.
The perils are well crafted and the author does add in some evocative language which is better than a lot of books aimed at this audience manages. There are also a lot of references back in the book which did make me feel that you need to pay attention to everything.
I enjoyed this as a read while also finding it repetitive. I would read more in the series given the chance and recommend it to the 8-13 year old audience as it contains peril but not in a horrific way.
Charlie Small is 400 years old. He is also 8 years old. I feel accepting this will help a reader. He has a tendency to get into awkward and dangerous situations. Sometimes on every page he finds a new one. This does feel a little repetitive by the middle of the book.
The perils are well crafted and the author does add in some evocative language which is better than a lot of books aimed at this audience manages. There are also a lot of references back in the book which did make me feel that you need to pay attention to everything.
I enjoyed this as a read while also finding it repetitive. I would read more in the series given the chance and recommend it to the 8-13 year old audience as it contains peril but not in a horrific way.
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December 11, 2023this was. FUCKED UP
November 2, 2010
these series are great. i highly recommend this book.
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