Malamander (An Eerie-on-Sea Mystery)
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Malamander (An Eerie-on-Sea Mystery)
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Violet’s parents’ entry is crossed out in red, and Herbie apologizes while giving Violet her parents’ lost belongings. Even though he's scared and would rather proceed cautiously, he won't let his friend face possible dangers alone.
No one knows what happened to Violet Parma's parents twelve years ago, and when she engages Herbie to help her find them, the pair discover that their disappearance might have something to do with the legendary sea-monster, the Malamander. At night, when I close up, I, too, leave gifts — the fried fish that is left over — outside on the pier. For example, the legend of Captain K demonstrates how the captain’s desire for the egg causes his entire crew to be lost to the malamander. Herbie observes the malamander open “its cavernous tooth-needle mouth and roars an earsplitting, soul-tearing, nightmarish cry of saurian fury.Malamander is the first in a series of stories about the ‘Legends of Eerie-on-Sea’, in which we meet Herbert Lemon, Lost-and-Founder at the Grand Nautilus Hotel, and his friend Violet Parma, who is lost and wants to be found. Erwin the cat protects them by “attacking the old mariner’s head ferociously, raking at [Boat Hook Man] with his claws. The hotel’s owner, Lady Kraken, says, “I have no doubt [Violet’s dad] wanted the egg, too, and no doubt that the malamander devoured him for his trouble. At the moment I want to read a lot more Middle Grade fiction, as I’ve fallen behind and there’s so much great new work out there.
When trying to escape the building, Sebastian Eels uses his harpoon gun multiple times on the children with one missing and “ricocheting back . Your class will read the chapter and reflect on and complete the inference style questions using their knowledge and understanding.Your class will explore retrieval, inference and vocabulary based questions, and answer using their knowledge, understanding and comprehension skills. That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis. Read an extract from the book here, or download our questions to use for discussion in your own book club. The villain is easy to identify, thinks he's better than everyone else, and doesn't care who he tramples over to get what he wants.
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- EAN: 764486781913
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