Awful End When both of Eddie Dickens' parents catch a disease that makes them turn yellow, go a bit crinkly round the edges and smell of hot water bottles, it's agreed he should go and stay with relatives at their house Awful End Unfortunately for Eddie, those relatives are Mad Uncle Jack and Even-Madder Aunt Maud, and it doesn't look as if the three of them are ever going to reach their destinationDreadful Acts Eddie Dickens narrowly avoids an explosion, a hot-air balloon and arrest, only to find himself falling head-over heels for a girl with a face like a camel's, and into the hands of a murderous gang of escaped convicts who have 'one little job for him to do' Terrible Times Eddie had been given the task of travelling to America to look after his family's interests there But his life is never that simple; especially with a potential stowaway in his trunk, and Lady Constance Bustle at his side She's a professional 'travelling companion', whose previous employers seem to have died under the most remarkable and unfortunate circumstances

 

This book features in the following series: Further Adventures Of Eddie Dickens, The Eddie Dickens Trilogy .

There are 448 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Faber & Faber .

Over two metres in height, with a bushy beard, Philip Ardagh is a full-time writer and lives with his wife and two cats in a seaside town somewhere in England. David Roberts was born in Liverpool. He studied fashion and worked in the industry for several years before going on to illustrate children's books. He has also published Dirty Bertie with Little Tiger Press.