Another Whole Nother Story

by Dr. Cuthbert Soup

Overview

Perfect for fans of The Mysterious Benedict Society and Mr. Lemoncello's Library comes a rollicking, high stakes adventure!

The plan was simple. Ethan Cheeseman, along with his three smart, polite, and relatively odor-free children, would travel back in time to end an ancient family curse and save their mother. Now that the LVR (a super-secret time machine) is in working order, it should be easy peasy. Except they didn't account for one basic rule of science: Murphy's Law, where everything that possibly could go wrong, does. So the Cheeseman family finds themselves on another madcap adventure, this time through stormy seas and haunted castles. And though their narrator, Dr. Soup, has a ton of unsolicited advice to offer young readers, he doesn't have much to say to help the Cheesemans. Just this one thing: Good luck!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781599905990
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	12/07/2010
Series:	Whole Nother Story Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
Lexile:	910L (what's this?)
File size:	770 KB
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

CUTHBERT HUBERT EGBERT SOUP was born, at a very young age, to Filbert
and Roberta Soup, in Vienna, Austria. As founder, president, and vice
president of the National Center for Unsolicited Advice, he has earned
millions by making himself so annoying that people pay him to go away.
Dr. Soup is currently working on a Broadway musical performed entirely
by sock puppets on ice. He lives with his two pet snails, Gooey and
Squishy, and his dog, Kevin, who is neither gooey nor squishy. A Whole Nother Story was his first book, and this is his second. He's decided to make it a good one.
www.awholenotherbook.com
Due to a remarkable physical resemblance, Dr. Cuthbert Soup is often mistaken for writer Gerry Swallow, who began his career as a stand-up comic, making numerous appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Dr. Soup's doppelganger then turned his attention to writing movies, including the blockbuster hit, Ice Age: The Meltdown.

Other than the aforementioned uncanny likeness, Dr. Soup has absolutely nothing in common with Mr. Swallow, who lives with his wife and children in a very tiny mansion, whereas Dr. Soup lives in a huge mansion with his dog, Kevin, his pet snails, Gooey and Squishy, and his parents, Filbert and Roberta Soup.
www.awholenotherbook.com

Author location: Victoria, B.C., Canada

Editorial Reviews

Gr 4–7—Picking up where A Whole Nother Story (2009) left off, this installment (2010, both Bloomsbury) in the Cheeseman family saga by Dr. Cuthbert Soup finds Ethan and his three children hurtling towards another adventure in their time machine, the Luminal Velocity Regulator (LVR). Their goal is to travel back in time to prevent the death of their beloved wife and mother. However, a glitch in the LVR has them crash-landing into the 17th century, where they have to outrun both witch-hunters and pirates in the midst of trying to figure out how to get back on track. Their journey ends as it began-eventfully—with a doppelganger duke from Denmark and a trip further back in time in the hopes that they can travel full circle back to where they began. This is a quirky, madcap tale, and Dick Hill does a hilarious job as narrator. He voices all characters deftly, moving seamlessly from an 8-year-old boy to a grizzled Scottish seaman to a Danish duke who can barely speak English. With such a variety of insane characters and Hill's ability to make them come alive, there are many laugh-out-loud moments. Although this title stands fairly well on its own, it is especially recommended for libraries where the first book is popular.—Amy Holland, Irondequoit Public Library, Rochester, NY

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