Cover of The horrendous hullabaloo
Read Time: ~0.4 hr

The horrendous hullabaloo

by Margaret Mahy (1992)

About this book

Miffed that her pirate nephew never invites her to the parties he attends, an old woman throws a wonderfully horrendous hullabaloo for herself and his parrot.

Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe horrendous hullabaloo Lead Character

Readers who enjoyed this also loved

Cover of The Secrets of Lily Graves

The Secrets of Lily Graves

Sarah Strohmeyer

With the intrigue of Pretty Little Liars and plenty of romance, bestselling author Sarah Strohmeyer weaves a story of secrets and lies—set in a funeral parlor. Growing up in a house of female morticians, Lily Graves knows all about buried secrets. She knows that perfect senior-class president Erin Donohue isn’t what she seems. She knows why Erin’s ex-boyfriend, hot football player Matt Houser, broke up with her. And she also knows that, even though she says she and Matt are just friends, there is something brewing between them—something Erin definitely did not like. But secrets, even ones that are long buried, have a way of returning to haunt their keeper. So when Erin is found dead the day after attacking Lily in a jealous rage, Lily's and Matt’s safe little lives, and the lives of everyone in their town of Potsdam, begin to unravel. And their relationship—which grew from innocent after-school tutoring sessions to late-night clandestine rendezvous—makes them both suspects. As her world crumbles around her, Lily must figure out the difference between truth and deception, genuine love and a web of lies. And she must do it quickly, before the killer claims another victim.

Cover of The case of the captured queen

The case of the captured queen

Carolyn Keene

When a chess master's sister is kidnapped, it's up to detective Nancy Drew to make all the right moves in this deadly game.

Cover of Tree Soup

Tree Soup

Joel Stewart

"Stanley Wells is sleeping in the caravan at the bottom of the garden of his new house. He awakes at the sound of an odd whooooomphing noise and goes to investigate. There appear to be new trees in the garden - very odd. And now his mum and the twins are missing - could these things be connected?" -- Publisher details.

Cover of Disappeared

Disappeared

Ruthie Pearlman

A desperate mother turns to young supersleuth Yael Reed for help in finding her missing teenage daughter. Her investigations reveal that this isn’t the first girl in her high school to have vanished. Going undercover at the school, she encounters one unfriendly staff member after another, and begins to wonder: Is something strange going on at the school? Who, or what, is behind the girls’ disappearance? And can Yael find out before someone else disappears?--

The horrendous hullabaloo by Margaret Mahy | Literally Just Books