In The Tell-Tale Start, Edgar and Allan Poe (great-great-great-great-grandnephews of the legendary Edgar Allan Poe) managed to outwit the nefarious Professor P. Pangborn Perry, who was (and is) determined to kill just one of them, in order to prove a mad scientific theory. Now the boys are in New Orleans, about to play the young Poe in a feature film. But the role may cost them their lives, because now someone else wants them dead. But who? And can the twins--with the help of their co-stars, Em and Milly Dickinson, their ghostly forebear, and a pair of real ghosts--manage to outwit them?

"Entertaining and original. . . . Endlessly fun and ultimately very satisfying on every level."--Publishers Weekly, starred review of The Tell-Tale Start audiobook
Gordon McAlpine (the-poes.net)

 

This book is part of a book series called Misadventures Of Edgar And Allan Poe .

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 170 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Penguin Putnam Inc .

Sam Zuppardi says he used to draw cartoons at school when he was supposed to be doing work. Among other things, he has worked in a book warehouse, a bookshop and a toy shop, and is currently working with children. The Nowhere Box is his first picture book. He lives in York. Gordon McAlpine (www. gordonmcalpine. net) is the author of two novels for adults (The Persistence of Memory and Joy in Mudville), the YA/adult crossover novel Mystery Box (which imagines the "real life" of Franklin Dixon and Carolyn Keene, the creators of the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew!), and -- of course -- the first Misadventure of Edgar and Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Start. He lives with his wife in Southern California. Sam Zuppardi (www. samzuppardi. com) is the illustrator of The Tell-Tale Start. His first picture book, The Nowhere Box , has just been released. He lives in York, England.