lyonbritandthebookshelf 's review for:

The Weirdies by Michael Buckley

5.0

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This was such an unexpected surprise! When I see comps to some of my favorites like A Series of Unfortunate Events & Roald Dahl my interest is piqued. 

In The Weirdies you meet the triplets Barnacle, Garlic and Melancholy who have woken up to an empty Deadeye Manor. Their parents/all the other quirky residents as well as all items within the estate have disappeared… they have really left on a vacation without the children which turns into a sunken ship and nothing or no one left behind… or is there? The children are whisked away to an orphanage and then under the care of one of the workers adopted and brought to Sunshine Circle where The Weirdie’s don’t fit into societal norms. 

This was just as zany and curious as I was expecting and I think kids would love these rag tag siblings and all the shenanigans they get up to. This one doesn’t release til late summer but I did notice they have an audio available which is narrated by Kate Winslet and I could only imagine how wonderful that is. 

Thank you Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 

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