- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: PAN Macmillan Childrens Books (Aug 22 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0330513052
- ISBN-13: 978-0330513050
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 200 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #563,385 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
When a hag, an orphan boy, a troll and a wizard are given this year’s Unusual Creatures’ Summer Task, they quail. They tremble. They briefly consider running away and hiding. Can they be any match for the gruesome, ghastly flesh-eating Ogre of Oglefort? Not to mention the imprisoned Princess they’ve been sent to rescue...
About the Author
Eva Ibbotson writes for both adults and children. Born in Vienna, she now lives in the north of England. Her husband was a naturalist who taught her to value even the smallest and most unattractive animal – and her four children and seven grandchildren showed her that ghosts, wizards and witches are people like ourselves ‘only madder and more interesting’. She has written eight other ghostly adventures for children.
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4.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
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More adventure and laughter from one of my favorite authors, July 3 2010
By microjoe - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Ogre Of Oglefort (Hardcover)
Another ripping story from one of my favorite English children authors, this one released in 2010. While copies from England are titled "The Ogre of OGelfoor", it is quite possible that the book will be released in a U.S. printing with a different title. That has happened with many of Ibbbotson's books already, and it gets confusing for fans of her work. From the first Ibbotson book I read, "The Secret of Platform 13" I have enjoyed her eccentric characters and stories.In this new book, a Hag and her familiar, a troll, a wizard and many other magical creatures are living in the city of London as their natural homes have been lost to development. The magical creatures have a big convention every year to go on a mission to help someone. Right before the mission, the Hag's familiar refuses to go and she agrees to take an orphan boy named Ivo in its place. It appears that an ogre on an island has captured a princess and plans to eat her and the group is ordered to rescue her, but things are not always what they seem. I really enjoyed the way the author linked different small things together that seem minor details at the time, but all click together in bog ways later on. She is hilarious in a rude sort of way (I am not complaining a bit) like Roald Dahl. I highly recommend the author and this book for anyone that books about witches, ghosts, banshees, trolls, ogres, warlocks, and other creatures who turn out to be nice most of the time, while the humans are often the scariest characters in the books.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Ogre of Ogglefort, Mar 15 2012
By BKA - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Ogre Of Oglefort (Hardcover)
This is an excellent book for 7 year olds and older. My grandson is reading it in the evenings and is rally enjoying the story.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good Book, Nov 25 2011
By Ruzanne - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Ogre Of Oglefort (Hardcover)
A cute book that we read outloud for school. The kids really enjoy it, from my 18 year old to my 5 year old.
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