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| '''Awful End''' (published in the US as ''A House Called Awful End'') is a 2002 children's novel. It won the ] in 2003 for its translation into German by ]. | '''Awful End''' (published in the US as ''A House Called Awful End'') is a 2002 children's novel. It won the ] in 2003 for its translation into German by ]. | ||
| ''Awful End'' is the first book of the ] Trilogy by ]; after which he published the "fourth and |
''Awful End'' is the first book of the ] Trilogy by ]; after which he published the "fourth,fifth and sixth books of the series". | ||
| ==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
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Awful End (published in the US as A House Called Awful End) is a 2002 children's novel. It won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 2003 for its translation into German by Harry Rowohlt.
Awful End is the first book of the Eddie Dickens Trilogy by Philip Ardagh; after which he published the "fourth,fifth and sixth books of the series".
Plot
When both of Eddie's parents catch a disease that makes them turn yellow, go a bit crinkly around the edges, and smell of old hot-water bottles, it's agreed he should go away and stay with relatives at their house. Alas, the house is not the loveliest of places. In fact, it is named Awful End. And, the relatives are Mad Uncle Jack and Even Madder Aunt Maud. Along the way to Awful End, Eddie will be hypnotized by a handkerchief, threatened by a bearded stranger, mistaken for a poor little orphan boy at St. Horrid's Home for Grateful Orphans, and granted an audience with The Empress of All China (who isn't really the Empress of All China - but that's another story).
Trivia
- The German translator Harry Rowohlt has read all six books of the series.
External links
http://www.philipardaghbooks.com/awfulend.html
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