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020 $a9781619634893 (pbk.) :$cNT$280
040 $aTWTNM$beng$dTWTNM
082 04$a813.6$222
100 1 $aSwallow, Gerry,$eauthor.
245 10$aBlue in the face /$cGerry Swallow ; illustrations by Valerio Fabbretti.
250 $aPaperback edition.
260 $aNew York :$bBloomsbury,$c2017.
300 $a308 p. :$bill. ;$c21 cm.
490 1 $aMagnificent tales of misadventure.
520 $aFANTASY & MAGICAL REALISM (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). Elspeth Pule can throw a tantrum the way a pro quarterback can throw a football. In other words, she's very good at it. So when her parents refuse to buy her a pet alpaca, she screams, hollers, and holds her breath until she passes out cold. When she wakes she finds herself in a magical kingdom inhabited by characters she only thought she knew. Humpty Dumpty is a 007-type spy, Bo-Peep is highly trained in the art of Shaolin stick fighting, and Old King Cole is really Old King Krool, an evil tyrant who has banished Dumpty, Bo-Peep, and their friends to the forest--and to a life of poverty and oppression. Self-centered as she is, Elspeth couldn't care less about their plight. But if she ever wants to see home again, she will have to make a few new friends . . . and show them that sometimes a good old- fashioned tantrum is exactly what's needed. Ages 9+.
650 0$aConduct of life$vJuvenile fiction.
650 0$aCharacters and characteristics in literature$vJuvenile fiction.
650 0$aFantasy$vJuvenile fiction.
700 1 $aFabbretti, Valerio,$eillustrator.
830 0$aMagnificent tales of misadventure.