num_pages: 144
description: This "completely off-the-wall" new trilogy from the author of A HOUSE CALLED AWFUL END is "steeped in black humor" and "destined to win the hearts and minds of eager young readers" (The Scotsman).In the first of Philip Ardagh's darkly hilarious Unlikely Exploits, the McNally children find themselves at The Dell Hotel, the venue for the final of the Tap 'n' Type typing competition, surrounded by a strange assortment of characters ranging from Twinkle-Toes Tweedy, the house detective, to Mr. Peach, a ventriloquest with a conveniently large mustache. With young Fergal McNally falling to his death on page one, the only way for the McNallys is up...
language: English
title: The Fall Of Fergal: The First Unlikely Exploit
titlecomplete: The Fall Of Fergal: The First Unlikely Exploit (Unlikely Exploits, #1)
genres: Juvenile, Fiction, Humor, Realistic Fiction, Childrens, 21st Century, Fantasy, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 398
series: Unlikely Exploits
publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks