This is a welcome reissue for this wonderful, witty, offbeat book by Adele Geras. Every member of the Fantora family is a little unusual and possesses a very special gift. Grandmother Filomena can predict the future. Her son, Eddie, can grow anything. Her daughter-in-law, Rosie, is a cook in a million who can also fly. Auntie Varvara is a vegetarian vampire in search of romance. The children, Bianca, Marco, and Francesca, also have strange powers which they use in a variety of ways, often with unexpected and hilarious results. All this is narrated in his own inimitable style by Ozymandias, the rather superior cat who lives with the family.

 

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Oxford University Press .

Tony Ross is one of the UK s top illustrators of children s stories. His books are published in twenty-two languages. " Ad le Geras is the celebrated author of many books for all ages, including Troy and Ithaka. She lives in Cambridge, England.