Alistair Grim's Odditorium

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• Publisher: Alma Books
• Year: 2015
• eBook ISBN: 9781846883835
• Edition: 0

An enchanting book set in a world where the odd is the ordinary, evil has many faces and love is the most powerful magic of them all.Twelve-year-old Grubb lives a hand-to-mouth existence in Victorian England, working as a chimney sweep under a cruel master. After an incident at an inn, he hides in the trunk of one of its guests, the enigmatic Alistair Grim, and is whisked away to his Odditorium, a wonderful flying house full of incredible mechanical features powered by an enigmatic substance called animus.Now apprenticed to Grim, Grubb begins to settle into his new life and find a new family in the eccentric crew of the Odditorium, when suddenly his new world comes under attack by the evil Prince Nightshade and he is propelled into a perilous quest. As he gets caught up in the struggle, Grubb will learn valuable lessons and discover remarkable secrets about himself and his new host.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Dedication
• Chapter One Grubb with a Double B
• Chapter Two The Lamb
• Chapter Three The Boy in the Trunk
• Chapter Four Good Evening, Mr Grim
• Chapter Five A New Friend
• Chapter Six Pocket Watches Can Be Trouble
• Chapter Seven The Man in the Goggles
• Chapter Eight Shadows Fall
• Chapter Nine Unexpected Guests
• Chapter Ten The Battle in the Clouds
• Chapter Eleven A Lesson in Power
• Chapter Twelve Nigel’s Secret
• Chapter Thirteen Sirens’ Eggs & Banshees, Please
• Chapter Fourteen The Wasp Rider
• Chapter Fifteen Prisoners
• Chapter Sixteen There Be Dragons
• Chapter Seventeen In the Court of Nightshade
• Chapter Eighteen The Tournament
• Chapter Nineteen The Mirror
• Chapter Twenty One Last Bit
• Acknowledgements
• Character List
• Glossary of Odditoria