- Gebundene Ausgabe: 188 Seiten
- Verlag: Harcourt Brace & Co (April 2005)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0152053409
- ISBN-13: 978-0152053406
- Vom Hersteller empfohlenes Alter: 9 - 12 Jahre
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 19,3 x 13,6 x 1,9 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 753.914 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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*Starred Review* Gr. 5-7. Putting a Stratemeyer Syndicate spin on the flakiest of pulp conventions, the always-surprising Anderson pits shy but clever Lily Gefelty and her two pals--Katie Mulligan, star of her own horror fantasy series, and relentlessly dweebish boy techonaut Jasper Dash, an adventure series hero himself--in a battle to save the world from an army of mind-controlled, laser-wielding whales on tall stilts. Pausing for authorial asides, random digressions, book ads, and the occasional product plug ("Say kids: Want to feel peachy-keen? / Drink a Quart of Gargletine!"), Anderson takes his intrepid trio through fire and water, chases, attacks, numerous silly cliff hangers, and lines of dialogue such as, "'Dash it all chums, this sounds a mighty pickle.'" Following a wildly destructive climax, there's the requisite happy ending--which includes the launch of a new series, featuring "Lily Gefelty and her pet rat Nimrod." Goosebumps fans and readers who get Lemony Snicket's brand of humor will be rolling in the aisles. John Peters
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Grade 4-6–A story written with the author's tongue shoved firmly into his cheek. Lily Gefelty's father works for a mad scientist who wears a sack over his head. When she overhears him say that he wants to take over the world, her oblivious father assures her, "Honey, sometimes adults use irony. They don't really mean what they say." Nonetheless, the 12-year-old calls on her two best friends, Katie Mulligan, the star of the "Horror Hollow" novels (think "Goosebumps"), and Jasper Dash, also known as the Boy Technonaut (think "Tom Swift"), to investigate. The trio soon learns that Larry does indeed plan to conquer the world using mind-controlled whales on stilts with laser-beam eyes. No adult will believe them, so it's up to the kids to save the Earth. Readers who have graduated from Dav Pilkey's "Captain Underpants" (Scholastic) or who know their Lemony Snickets (HarperCollins), should love this first title in a new series. It's full of witty pokes at other series novels and Jasper's nutty inventions.–Walter Minkel, New York Public Library
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Stilted Whales
9. Dezember 2004
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
A got an advanced reader's copy to review through a library program, and at first I was turned off by how "little-kidish" (short, small, and double spaced), but within moments, I couldn't put it down. You don't have to be a young kid to enjoy this - in fact, the older (and, I'm assuming, wiser) you are, the more allusions you're likely to catch.
With chapter titles like, "What You Can Learn From Larry's Teeth," and a quick, witty writing style, you can't help but laugh and read on. Although it is soon obvious how the ending will turn out, it doesn't seem to matter while you're reading it; the reason why Whales on Stilts! stands out from other books is not its complex plot, but its halirity.
Don't miss it... or the whales will crush your home and shoot lasers from their eyes at you.
With chapter titles like, "What You Can Learn From Larry's Teeth," and a quick, witty writing style, you can't help but laugh and read on. Although it is soon obvious how the ending will turn out, it doesn't seem to matter while you're reading it; the reason why Whales on Stilts! stands out from other books is not its complex plot, but its halirity.
Don't miss it... or the whales will crush your home and shoot lasers from their eyes at you.
13 von 14 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
"Monstrous Thrills! Gruesome Chills! Sidesplitting Laughs!"
5. Mai 2005
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
"On Career Day Lily visited her dad's work with him and discovered he worked for a mad scientist who wanted to rule the earth through destruction and desolation." Lily Gefelty has always considered herself a little drab next to her friends Katie Mulligan and Jasper Dash, who each have their own adventure book series. But when Lily uncovers a plot to take over the world at her fathers workplace in the clearly labeled Abandoned Warehouse, it's her turn to step into the limelight and save the planet. Cleverly masked as "a midsize company devoted to expanding cetacean pedestrian opportunities," the goings on in the Abandoned Warehouse are not what they seem (er, actually...). Lily and her friends discover that Mr. Gefelty's boss, Larry, is really a whale-human hybrid intent on destroying the world using whales, stilts, lazers, and mind control. And it's up to Lily to stop him.
At first glance, you may think that "Whales on Stilts" is a silly, cheesy story geared towards ten-year-olds. You'd be right. However, "Whales on Stilts" goes so far beyond cheesy that it's positively hilarious for readers of any age, ten on up. If Douglas Adams had made a foray into juvenile fiction, this uproarious book may have been the result. Lily is so normal that she's the perfect main character to put into such a ridiculously overdone book. The other characters are uniquely strange in their own rights. The plot is straightforward and wouldn't be interesting at all in other circumstances, but the story is so stuffed with hilarity that the obvious and cliche plot is perfect. The best part of the book, in my opinion, actually occurs after the ending - an "educational" section written by one Ann Mowbray Dixon-Clarke, who seems to have a bit of trouble writing objectively ("1. How are Katie, Jasper, and Lily different? ... Do you have any friends who are different from you? What are they like? Why don't you think that Ann Mowbray Dixon-Clarke has any friends? She bought a big grill for her backyard, hoping that people would come to cook their ribs...."). "Whales on Stilts" is definitely a must read, because who knows when you'll need to know how to defeat an evil whale-human villain and his lazer-eyed whale minions?
At first glance, you may think that "Whales on Stilts" is a silly, cheesy story geared towards ten-year-olds. You'd be right. However, "Whales on Stilts" goes so far beyond cheesy that it's positively hilarious for readers of any age, ten on up. If Douglas Adams had made a foray into juvenile fiction, this uproarious book may have been the result. Lily is so normal that she's the perfect main character to put into such a ridiculously overdone book. The other characters are uniquely strange in their own rights. The plot is straightforward and wouldn't be interesting at all in other circumstances, but the story is so stuffed with hilarity that the obvious and cliche plot is perfect. The best part of the book, in my opinion, actually occurs after the ending - an "educational" section written by one Ann Mowbray Dixon-Clarke, who seems to have a bit of trouble writing objectively ("1. How are Katie, Jasper, and Lily different? ... Do you have any friends who are different from you? What are they like? Why don't you think that Ann Mowbray Dixon-Clarke has any friends? She bought a big grill for her backyard, hoping that people would come to cook their ribs...."). "Whales on Stilts" is definitely a must read, because who knows when you'll need to know how to defeat an evil whale-human villain and his lazer-eyed whale minions?
11 von 12 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Whales on Stilts - wacky adventure
21. Juli 2005
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I had to read this book for myself after my eleven year old son was reading it and laughing through the entire thing. I found the book amusing and interesting. Perfect for my son and his age group. Parts in the story were educational. I enjoyed it and we are waiting for the next book to come out in August.
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