description: Age range: 8-11 When Eddie's parents are struck down by a strange disease that turns them a rather peculiar shade of yellow, it is decided that he should go and stay with Mad Uncle Jack and Even-Madder Aunt Maud at Awful End. Philip Ardagh's supremely daft and extremely funny novel is set in a terribly smelly 19th century world that children will love. Ardagh captures the stench and stealth of the times, turning what could have been a straightforward adventure story into a delightfully pungent, utterly ridiculous but unbelievably gripping adventure story.--Susan Harrison
language: English
title: A House Called Awful End
titlecomplete: A House Called Awful End (Eddie Dickens Trilogy, #1)
genres: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Childrens, Adventure, Comedy, Fiction, Humor, Fantasy, Juvenile, British Literature
ratings_count: 2697
series: Eddie Dickens Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Kinderbuch