The very last words young Fergal McNally
heard in his life were: "Don't lean out of that window!" The very last sounds
were probably the air whistling past his sticky-out ears as he fell the fourteen
stories, the honk of traffic horns below (getting nearer and nearer, of course),
and -- possibly -- the "SP" of the "SPLAT!" he himself made as he hit the
pavement. Fergal certainly wouldn't have heard more than the "SP," though,
because by the time the "LAT!" part had followed, he would have been well and
truly dead.
The first in a darkly hilarious new series
from the bestselling author of the Eddie Dickens Trilogy.
Philip Ardagh's Unlikely Exploits series chart
the extraordinary changes in fortune of the downtrodden McNally family,
beginning with The Fall of Fergal. The setting is an unidentified country
suffering from an unexpected breakout of large holes.
The McNally children find themselves in the
Dell Hotel, the venue for the final of the Tap 'n' Type typing competition,
surrounded by a strange assortment of characters ranging from Twinkle-Toes
Tweedy, the house detective, to Mr. Peach, a ventriloquist with a very large
mustache.
With young Fergal McNally falling to his death
on page one, the only way for the McNallys is up . . .
May 2004
Fiction
0-8050-7476-7
$9.95/NCR
5 1/8 x 7 5/8 144 pp.
Middle-Grade
Ages: 8 and up
b&w illustrations throughout
The Fall of Fergal
is available at all fine bookstores. Here are
some links to help you:
Amazon.com
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(local booksellers)
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