In this zany sequel to The Magic Moscow, Steve Nickelson and Norman Bleistift have big trouble when they conjure up the ghost of Attila the Pun, the other Attila's brother, whose got a backlog--1,500 years' worth to be exact--of riddles to tell. Illustrations.
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Daniel Pinkwater lives with his wife, the illustrator and novelist Jill Pinkwater, and several dogs and cats in a very old farmhouse in New York's Hudson River Valley.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Great follow-up of Pinkwater's classic 'The Magic Moscow'!,
By Zagnorch (Terra, Sol System) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Attila the Pun: A Magic Moscow story (Hardcover)
Having been a fan of the original `Magic Moscow' tome as a kid, I eventually started picking up a few of Daniel Pinkwater's other efforts as well. One of my faves was the follow-up Magic Moscow story, `Attila the Pun'. I loved the playful use of words, the weird culinary combinations, and the wonderful sense of fun that this new story shared with its predecessor. Throw in a goofy supernatural element- a wisecracking, really-bad-joke-reciting Hun ghost summoned from the great beyond- and you've got... well, something pretty weird and wonderful.Even though this particular book is twenty years old, I still believe it'll make for good reading for today's elementary school-age child. Fair warning, though: this book has a few things that'd be considered un-PC nowadays, including smoking (the `Hungarian Boy Scout Lunch' chapter). It also features a bit of magical conjurings & sorcery, which has gotten the more contemporary `Harry Potter' books emboiled in controversy with some folks. But, aside from these things, I think the book will be quite an enjoyable read for the kiddies-and for adults who like a nice, light, whimsical adventure every now and then. `Late!
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