This winter has been around for longer than normal and the villagers are getting cranky with one another. Even though all the bad things have happened to him, he is still cheerful and smiles all the time, which drives the others in the village crazy. On top of all this, Odd is a bit, well, odd. His father had been drowned on a Viking raid (he was, as most were, a part time Viking and a full time woodworker), he shattered his leg soon after trying to bring down a tree by himself, and his mother (whom had been taken by his father on one such raid) had remarried another in the village who already had a family and had no time for a crippled stepson.

His name means Tip of a blade and it was lucky, but nothing about Odd seemed lucky. Summary: Odd is a young boy in a Norse village. 'Readers will enjoy Ibbotson's final book.Audience: Ages 8-12 years (Really, it is good for all ages!) Bulletin of The Center for Childrenand#8217 s Books 'The writing is skillful, precise, and frequently funny, and it offers an effective counterbalance to some of the storyand#8217 s more serious social criticism.' Ibbotson manages to touch on ethical messages of human rights, advocacy, and environmentalism without being obvious.' The yetis will tug at readersand#8217 heartstrings and make them laugh. 'The novel is full of whimsy, charm, and sly humor. 'A memorable finale to a treasured body of work.' 'A satiric farewell from a favorite author.' With unforgettable characters and thoughtful messages about the environment and advocacy, itand#8217 s a generous last gift to her many devoted fans. Through a mountain rescue in the Alps and a bullfight in Spain, the yetis at last find their way to an ancestral estate in Englandand#151 only to come upon a club of voracious hunters who have set their sights on the most exotic prey of all: the Abominable Snowmen.īriskly funny and full of incident, The Abominables is vintage Ibbotson.

Siblings Con and Ellen shepherd the yetis along their eventful journey, with the help of Perry, a good-natured truck driver. A previously unpublished work from this favorite author, The Abominables follows a family of yetis who are forced, by tourism, to leave their home in the Himalayas and make their way across Europe to a possible new home. And#160 Renowned literary great Eva Ibbotson delivers a final novel in her classic, much-loved style.

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