'Enough mystery and humor to keep readers wondering what will happen next. 'Anastasia is anything but average, and her adventures are just beginning. 'Just the right mix of humor, magic, maliciousness, and suspense' - Booklist * “A yummy debut.” - Kirkus Reviews, starred review It reminds me of Roald Dahl's The Twits only in an insane asylum.'- Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr. ' Marvelously inventive and utterly demented, THE LEAGUE OF BEASTLY DREADFULS is nasty good fun from beginning to end!' - Bruce Coville, My Teacher is an Alien So when she meets Ollie and Quentin, two mysterious brothers, the three join together to plot their great escape! Anastasia soon begins to suspect that her aunties are not who they say they are. Agony’s Asylum for the Criminally Insane.īut something strange is going on at the asylum. And UNTIL she’s taken to their delightful and, er, “authentic” Victorian home, St. UNTIL she’s rescued by two long-lost great-aunties. That is, UNTIL her parents die in a tragic vacuum-cleaner accident. Join the League.Īnastasia is a completely average almost-eleven-year-old. It reminds me of Roald Dahl’s The Twits only in an insane asylum.” -Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr.A creepy Victorian house, secretive aunties, and a great escape combine in this debut that is part Mysterious Benedict Society, part Roald Dahl, and all quirky, smart, hilarious storytelling.

A solid debut reminiscent of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events.” - School Library Journal “This adventure is filled with enough mystery and humor to keep readers wondering what will happen next.

“Just the right mix of humor, magic, maliciousness, and suspense.” - Booklist A yummy debut.” - Kirkus Reviews, Starred * “Concocting an eerie setting positively made for Unfortunate Events, Grant threads her narrative with direct addresses to Readers and delicious turns of phrase. So when she meets Ollie and Quentin, two mysterious brothers, the three join together to plot their great escape! BONUS: Includes an excerpt of Viola Snodgrass’s Etiquette Manual for the Prim and Proper Sort! But something strange is going on at the asylum. Agony’s Asylum for the Criminally Insane.

A creepy Victorian house, secretive aunties, and a great escape combine in this debut that is part Mysterious Benedict Society, part Roald Dahl, and all quirky, smart, hilarious storytelling.

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