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Corby Flood

Corby Flood
The Far-Flung Adventures
by Chris Riddell, Paul Stewart
Hardcover: Aug 2006,
256 pages.

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The second magical, funny, and fabulously illustrated story in the Far Flung Adventures from the authors of Fergus Crane and the Edge Chronicles.

Corby Flood and her family are about to set sail on the rather ramshackle cruise ship, the S.S. Euphonia. Her boisterous brothers might not have noticed that anything is wrong, but Corby is highly observant and has a lot of time for note-taking and eavesdropping. Onboard, among the odd passengers and eccentric crew, there is a strange group of men in bowler-hats who call themselves The Brotherhood of Clowns. There's also a melancholy wailing sound coming from the hold. It's strictly out of bounds but Corby can't help investigating. What could be inside the crate she discovers down in the hold? As the ship arrives at its destination, Corby must enlist the help of some very well mustachioed locals to uncover the contents of the crate and the dark secrets of the menacing Clowns...
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Corby Flood is a fantastic novel with wonderful characters and great adventures. I really liked the clown characters, who are all named after typefaces, like Mr Times New Roman - who is a really evil man and the leader of the evil clowns. This is the second in the series but you don't have to have read the first one, I haven't and I still enjoyed it! I recommend this book for kids 7 to 12. - Natasha, aged 10.  (Reviewed by BookBrowse Review Team).

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  The Washington Post
The inventive authors of the enormously popular "Edge Chronicles" series have come up with the perfect [series] for their fans' younger brothers and sisters.

  Children's Bookseller Supplement (UK)
Extremely funny and, of course, brilliantly illustrated by Chris Riddell.

  Times Educational Supplement (UK)
Corby Flood is Stewart and Riddell's best book yet. Completely satisfying as an adventure, the new book is full of amusing characterisation and is endlessly playful and inventive.

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Rated 4 of 5 of 5 by Patrick
AWSOME!!!
Corby Flood is an amazing book with a great story behind it. the reason I gave it a 4 is because the first few chapters just describe the characters and the setting. if you put down the book you will really miss out. Keep reading this book and more...   Read More

Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell have collaborated on a number of books together, predominately the widely popular (particularly in our household) Edge Chronicles series for ages 10-14 (approx), and the Far Flung Adventure Series (of which, Corby Flood is book 2) for slightly younger readers. 

The Edge Chronicles Series
(UK first publication dates, unless otherwise specified)

Beyond the Deepwoods (1998)
Stormchaser (1999)
Midnight over Sanctaphrax (2000)
The Curse of the Gloamglozer (2001)
The Last of the Sky Pirates (2002)
Vox (2003)
Freeglader (2004, USA Feb 2006)
Winter Knights (2005, not yet in US)
Clash of the Sky Galleons (UK Oct 2006)
The Stone Pilot (2006 - an 80 page story produced exclusively for the charity "World Book Day" in the UK)

The Far Flung Adventures Series
(UK first publication dates, unless otherwise specified)
Fergus Crane...

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