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Alex and the Ironic Gentleman
Adrienne Kress
Weinstein Books
September 2007
On Sale: September 18, 2007
320 pages
ISBN: 160286005X
EAN: 9781602860056
Hardcover
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Childrens
Fans of Lemony Snicket, Harriet the Spy, and
Alice in Wonderland will love this witty, magical
fantasy and its unforgettable tomboy heroine.
A smart, funny mixture of fantasy and high adventure,
Alex and the Ironic Gentleman tells the story of Alex
Morningside, an inquisitive ten-and-a-half-year-old girl who
lives with her uncle above a doorknob shop. A student at the
prestigious Wigpowder-Steele Academy, Alex is often mistaken
for a boy because of her bowl haircut, but that's okay --
she has an excellent sense of humor.
Alex hates
Wigpowder-Steele because as much as she enjoys learning, she
doesn't enjoy wearing a uniform with a skirt. She also
doesn't enjoy her teachers, who are all very old and smell
funny and don't seem to know about any of the developments
that have happened in the world in the last thirty years.
And she most definitely does not enjoy her peers, who are
quite simply ridiculous. However, that's okay, too, because
her peers don't enjoy her much either. Luckily for Alex, the
new school year brings an exciting new teacher. Mr.
Underwood makes lessons fun and teaches her how to fence.
But Mr. Underwood has a mysterious family secret -- the
swashbuckling and buried treasure kind -- and not everyone
is glad he has come to Wigpowder-Steele.
When the
pirates of a ship called The Ironic Gentleman kidnap her
beloved teacher, Alex sets off on a
through-the-looking-glass journey to rescue him, along the
way encountering a steady stream of hilarious and colorful
characters, including one Captain Magnanimous, Coriander the
Conjurer, and the Extremely Ginormous Octopus. Funny,
charming, and ultimately tender, Alex and the Ironic
Gentleman ends with a twist that readers will find as
heartwarming as it is surprising.
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