But with mischievous and irrepressible Soot, the cockney ghost of a chimney sweep, alongside her, Stella is determined to fight back . I am not sure that abuse, torture, murder and bland sterotypes are the stuff of a good Key Stage 2 read especially when it’s not even well written! She is a pipe-smoking, monocle-wearing monster with steel toe-capped boots on her feet and a fearsome giant owl on her arm. Așa că tot ce poate sa facă este să găsească testamentul ascuns și să o pună pe Stella sa semneze actul de renunțare la moștenire. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners.

Little Stella Saxby is the only person standing between Aunt Alberta and ownership of Saxby Hall - which means Stella is in serious trouble. His debut children's novel, The Boy in the Dress, was published in 2008 to unanimous critical acclaim and he has since developed a reputation as a natural successor to Roald Dahl.If you don't mind an over-the-top, trying to hard to be funny plot and a terrible character, then sure, read this one. Putea să se termine mai repejor, căci partea finală (gen action movie) dă senzația că autorul e plătit la pagină.

A budući da je ovo zapravo roman za djecu, vidim zašto bi se sve te peripetije (i silni, meni iritantni, popisi) mlađoj publici i dopadale. At least I was inspired to create my own list of reasons not to read this book: tedious, unfunny, predictable. Den britiske komikeren David Walliams har de siste femten årene skrevet barnebøker og blitt veldig populær i sjangeren.

Awful Auntie is a humorous combination of flights of fancy and macabre backstory, exaggerated villains, and an ill-treated child protagonist.

This book tells the story of Stella Saxby, the sole heir to Saxby Hall, who is plagued by her awful Aunt Alberta and her giant owl, who will stop at nothing to take her inheritance from her.This particular book was not a huge hit for me - perhaps because of the inevitable comparison to Roald Dahl, who simply cannot be bested - but this will definitely appeal to young readers, and Awful Auntie won't be the last Walliams book I explore. Trying to be funny is one thing, when it works, but this just feels like someone is trying to hard to make sure people laugh, trying to insert any silly situation or puns.

The story, which takes place over a couple of days, is set in the 1930’s but could have been set in any time as the era hardly enters into the plot. In the wake of the tragedy, Stella's Aunt Alberta launches a plot to trick Stella out of her inheritance. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel and I think anyone who likes a good laugh, an action packed adventure and an all round brilliant book will love Awful Auntie from start to finish! There is more humour in the first few chapters, then it quickly becomes exposition, story and action and barely a funny line or thing happens (exceptions for Gibbons every appearance and Stella's pranks on her aunt).Stella discovers the awful deeds her auntie has committed, revealing shocking but hilarious results. Inside along with a font large enough to be seen from space, and frequent illustrations (no bad thing, though Celyn can't see them) there is one tactic used over and over to pad the thing out.