This series chronicles the wild adventures of a young protagonist thrust into bizarre and perilous circumstances. When his parents fall ill with a peculiar ailment, he is sent to live with eccentric relatives whose home bears an ominous name. He encounters peculiar doctors, deranged family members, and faces unexpected challenges at every turn. The narratives are infused with humor, suspense, and a healthy dose of the fantastical, promising a thrilling ride for readers.
When eleven-year-old Eddie Dickens's sickly parents become "a bit crinkly round the edges," he is taken in by his great-uncle and great-aunt, Mad Uncle Jack and Mad Aunt Maude, and embarks on adventures that involve strolling actors, St. Horrid's Home for Grateful Orphans, and a carnival float shaped like a giant cow.
Eddie muss zu Verwandten geschickt werden, da seine Eltern an einer seltsamen Krankheit leiden. Dort trifft er auf seinen verrückten Onkel Jack und seine Tante Maud, die in einem Haus namens "Schlimmes Ende" wohnen. Die Geschichte ist humorvoll und skurril, ausgezeichnet mit dem Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreis und dem LUCHS.
Twelve-year-old Eddie Dickens survives encounters with an escape artist in a runaway hearse's coffin, a hot air balloon bearing the escape artist's lovely assistant, a gas explosion, and a jewel thief on the run.
In the third instalment of the Eddie Dickens saga, our hero finds himself en route to North America with some of the most disreputable prospectors anyone might have the misfortune to share a berth with . . . only to come face to face with some familiar faces (stuffed animal and human) from his past, and with the Great Gretcha who suffers from serious bouts of sleeping sickness.
Eddie Dickens wird zu seinem verrückten Onkel Jack und seiner noch verrückteren Tante Maud geschickt, da seine Eltern krank sind. In "Schlimmes Ende" erwartet ihn eine Welt voller furchtbarer Darbietungen und schlechter Nachrichten. Ein humorvolles Abenteuer beginnt!