Paul Durham wrote this book and The Luck Uglies in an abandoned chicken coop at the edge of a swamp. He lives in New Hampshire with his wife, two daughters, and an enormous, bushy creature the local animal shelter identified as a cat.
Fork-Tongue Charmers (The Luck Uglies Series #2)
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ISBN-13:
9780062271556
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication date: 03/17/2015
- Series: Luck Uglies Series , #2
- Sold by: HARPERCOLLINS
- Format: eBook
- Pages: 432
- Lexile: 820L (what's this?)
- File size: 3 MB
- Age Range: 8 - 12 Years
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The Luck Uglies face their greatest enemies in this thrilling sequel to the critically acclaimed first book in the series, hailed by Kirkus in a starred review as “a sparkling must-read”! The Luck Uglies is a perfect match for fans of Chris Colfer's Land of Stories books and Joseph Delaney's Last Apprentice series. This second installment ratchets up the humor, charm, and adventure, taking the series to brand-new heights!
Rye O’Chanter was shocked to discover that her father was the leader of the notorious band of outlaws known as the Luck Uglies. Now she too has been declared a criminal in her own village, and she must flee to the strange and remote Isle of Pest while her father faces off against the Luck Uglies’ bitter rivals, the Fork-Tongue-Charmers, on the mainland.
But all bets are off when the battle moves to the shores of Pest. To defeat the Fork-Tongue Charmers, Rye must defy a deranged earl, survive a test meant to judge the grit of the fiercest men, and lead the charge in defending the island against a strangely familiar enemy, which means uncovering some long-buried family secrets….
The first Luck Uglies book was named an ALA Notable Children’s Book as well as a New York Public Library Title for Reading and Sharing, and it won the Cybil Award for Middle Grade Speculative Fiction.
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Gr 4–6—Rye and her friends Quinn and Folly are thrown together for another complex but fast-paced adventure in this second installment of a planned trilogy. While preparing for Silvermas with her family, Rye O'Chanter receives an unexpected message to join her father, who she has learned is a Luck Ugly, a member of a secret band of outlaws who once helped eradicate the Bog Noblins. Though Rye loves her father, she doesn't want to miss the village festivities, even with her mother's assurances that there will be a special holiday surprise from her father. Plans quickly change as life in their muddy village of Drowning worsens when the evil Earl of Longchamps hires an vile, intolerant sheriff who declares Rye and her family outlaws. They take refuge on the Isle of Pest, where Rye discovers that her mother has roots, meets her grandfather, and uncovers even more of her family's secrets. A menacing man named Slinester continues to threaten the protagonist and her family. The story line that started in The Luck Uglies (2014)—including the reappearance of fierce, treacherous Bog Noblins—continues, although this volume can be read independently. As in the first book, things and people are not always what they appear to be. The Luck Uglies, though outlaws, are rather like Robin Hood, who must fight to overcome the wretched Earl and recently elevated and thoroughly wicked sheriff. VERDICT Though enough questions are answered to satisfy readers, the cliff-hanger ending will have them enthusiastically awaiting the final installment.—Maria B. Salvadore, formerly at District of Columbia Public Library
Book 2 in the middle-grade Luck Uglies trilogy (The Luck Uglies, 2014) continues the adventure in the fantasy world of the Shale. The despicable Earl Morningwig Longchance has hired a new Constable who is clamping down on Village Drowning and especially the O'Chanter family. Twelve-year-old Rye O'Chanter, her mother, Abby, younger sister, Lottie, and Rye's two best friends, Folly and Quinn, flee to the Isle of Pest, where Abby was raised. On Pest, life seems safe as Rye meets her long-lost grandfather and makes friends with village children, but she is troubled by the black stones she keeps finding—earlier in her shoe at Village Drowning, then in her pocket and again on her windowsill on Pest. Curiosity leads Rye to the notorious Wailing Cave and the unwelcome discovery of the dark side of her father's Luck Uglies brotherhood—a splinter group called the Fork-Tongue Charmers. Durham's ambitious plot is chock-full of twists but is occasionally hard to follow due to inconsistencies and the addition of too many characters, who divert readers' attention. As in Book 1, Durham shades his main characters with plenty of nuance, but the crowded plot leaves little space for readers to absorb it. Generally successful, this adventuresome second installment entertains and leaves dangling ends to set up the third. (Fantasy. 9-13)