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32 pp.
| Houghton |
September, 2002 |
TradeISBN 0-618-13224-4$$15.00
(4)
K-3
Out-of-work short-order cook Sheldon, a pig, overcomes his fear of Halloween, wolves, and thunderstorms (and lands himself a job) when he helps capture a mad scientist bent on ruling the world. This parody of old-fashioned horror movies may strike young readers as more absurd than funny, but Egan's fans will appreciate his familiar understated humor, evident in both text and art.