A house called Awful End
By: Philip Ardagh ; illustrated by David Roberts
Contributors: Roberts, David, 1970- ill.
Series: The Eddie Dickens trilogy -- bk. 1
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 119
ISBN-13: 9780439537599
Subjects: Great-uncles -- Fiction.; Great-aunts -- Fiction.; Humorous stories.; Great-uncles -- Juvenile fiction.; Great-aunts -- Juvenile fiction.; Humorous stories.
Genres: Fiction.; Juvenile fiction.
Description: When eleven-year-old Eddie Dickens's ill parents become "a bit crinkly round the edges," he is taken by his great-uncle and great-aunt, Mad Uncle Jack and Mad Aunt Maude, and embarks on adventures that involve strolling actors, St. Horrid's Home for Grateful Orphans, and a carnival float shaped like a giant cow.
Notes: Originally published in England under the title Awful End. Faber and Faber, 2000.

Sequel: Dreadful acts.