Arthur's Last Stand (The Arthur Books) [Hardcover]

Alan Coren (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2003 | Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: The Arthur Books

Ten-year-old Arthur employs an unusual technique to save the garrison at Fort Moccasin from an Indian attack.

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Editorial Reviews

Review

With the Sioux feeling their muscle just a year after Little Bighorn, and with compulsively spiffy Major Oliver Spoongurgle more concerned about new wallpaper and clean fingernails than about drilling and warfare, our old friend Arthur the Kid rides up to Fort Moccasin to deliver the Major's new goat, which was ordered for a mascot. But Spoongurgle can't possibly march behind such a moldy fleabag, and consequently can't ride to war at all - until orders from the general give him no choice and he rides off distraught ("we'll get filthy!"), leaving behind Arthur, his goat, and three kitchen workers too unpresentable to march. The three quake in fear of attack, but Arthur mobilizes them resourcefully, and when a Sioux army does show up, Arthur uses his ventriloquist's talent to convince Chief Cloud-That-Dances that the goat-god wants him to make peace with the white man. That's it - the Old West spoof at its simplest, with a few laughs for those who can go along with a joke on the "superstitious" Indians as well as the officers. (Kirkus Reviews) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Robson Book Ltd (January 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0903895943
• ISBN-13: 978-0903895941
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,121,084 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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