Otto, the oldest, doesn’t speak and communicates via invented hand signs he also wears a scarf around his neck at all times. In this charming Adventure/Quest story, a narrator with an engaging voice tells the tale of three children as they go on an adventure, have many mishaps and learn a secret about their family. Is everything I wanted The Humming Room to have been. I then read the author’s The Humming Room and even though there were many things I enjoyed about it, I ended up slightly disappointed which is why I put off reading The Kneebone Boy. Why did I read this book: I had my eyes on this book since it came out because seriously…the cover is awesome. How did I get this book: Review copy from publisher In this wickedly dark, unusual, and compelling novel, Ellen Potter masterfully tells the tale of one deliciously strange family and a secret that changes everything. But after their father unwittingly sends them to stay with an aunt who’s away on holiday, the Hardscrabble children take off on an adventure that begins in the seedy streets of London and ends in a peculiar sea village where legend has it a monstrous creature lives who is half boy and half animal. Life in a small town can be pretty boring when everyone avoids you like the plague.
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