It’s moving time for the ink drinkers Odilon, Carmilla, and Draculink. They need to find a new cemetery in which to plunk down their coffins—and quickly! Otherwise Draculink will crumble into dust and Carmilla will leave for good. Can Odilon come up with the perfect resting place?
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In the third episode of the bizarre Ink Drinker series, following The Ink Drinker and A Straw for Two, Draculink, Odilon, and Carmilla are destined for disaster unless they find a new home. A subway line is being built under their cemetery, and soon their world (and their coffins) will come crashing down. Draculink, a vampire-like creature who sucks book ink rather than blood, will disintegrate into moldy paper, and Odilon's sweetheart Carmilla will be forced to return home, destroying all Odilon's fantasies about a future family of wee little ink suckers. Luckily, our weird hero has an idea, if only everything can fall into place before it's too late.
Perhaps it is the translation, but the text of this latest addition to the series is somewhat clunky, with mysterious leaps at important moments: if the giant Library of the World has been almost next-door to the cemetery all this time, why didn't the book-lusting ink drinkers think of it sooner? Still, Eric Sanvoisin's altogether out-of-this-world story will delight readers with a quirky bent, as will Martin Matje's shadowy illustrations. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter
From Publishers Weekly
Inkthirsty Odilon, Carmilla and Draculink continue to quench their eclectic taste in The City of Ink Drinkers by Eric Sanvoisin, illus. by Martin Matje, trans. by Georges Moroz, the sequel to The Ink Drinker and A Straw for Two. Matje's skewed perspectives provide humorous details in the paper-over-board book as the trio seeks a new cemetery after construction uproots their final resting place.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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Carmilla and I were quietly drinking a book with our twin straw when Draculink unexpectedly stormed into our dining vault. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Carmilla and I were quietly drinking a book with our twin straw when Draculink unexpectedly stormed into our dining vault. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ink drinker Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Uncle Draculink New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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