Camelot Calamity by Martyn Beardsley
	List Price:   $7.95 Unit Price:   $6.36 You Save:   $1.59 (20%) ISBN-10:   1842556169 ISBN-13:   9781842556160 Publisher:   Orion Publishing Group, Ltd; IPG Series:   Sir Gadabout Ser. Category:   Reading Series Pub. Date:   October 2008 Pages:   96 Format:   Trade Paper Ages:   9 to 12 Grades:   4 to 7
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CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
'Ross's antic line art enhances the high-energy nuttiness of the text.'nbsp; Publishers Weekly Morag and Demelza, Sir Gadabout's old adversaries, have taken over the pet shop in Camelot village. They have adopted elaborate disguises and are keeping the real owner under lock and key, intending to cause so much chaos at the Round Table that they can move in and install themselves as King and Queen, with their ridiculous claim to the throne backed up by doctored family trees.The knights at Camelot begin to realise that their pet food is having a strange effect, and that pets they have bought from the shop aren't all they expected; Sir Gadabout himself has a little lizard which grows rapidly into a crocodile and terrifies everyone. The cause of the problem is eventually traced back to the pet shop and our determined knight is sent to investigate, resulting in the usual mayhem. 'Spamelot for elementary-schoolers.'nbsp; Publishers Weekly When Sir Gadabout's pet lizard rapidly grows into a crocodile, it's clear that someone is up to no good. Morag and Demelza, Sir Gadabout's old adversaries, who have taken over the pet shop and are out to cause trouble at the Round Table, so that they can move in and become King and Queen. Sir Gadabout helps save the pet shop owner in this tenth hilarious caper about the worst knight in the world. The tenth madcap adventure in the SIR GADABOUT series.Full of puns and clever wit, this is Blackadder for children.SIR GADS is now available in supermarkets as well as bookshops. His previous catastrophe, SIR GADABOUT OUT OF TIME, sold over 2,000 copies in its first month of publication.Great characters - a chaotic, but essentially loveable knight, a sarcastic ginger cat and some suitably dastardly villains.Short accessible chapters make SIR GADABOUT perfect for reading aloud or reading alone, and ideal for reluctant readers.The next step up from Horrid Henry.Distinctive illustrations from the ever-popular Tony Ross.