The Ogre of Oglefort Award-winning author by Eva Ibbotson (author) (UK edition)

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‘The Ogre must be slain,’ said Norm Number One. ‘Killed,’ said the Second Norm. ‘Pulverized. Absolutely,’ said the Third. Then all three of them pointed to the audience and with one voice they cried: ‘This is the task!’

The annual Summer Meeting of Unusual Creatures is usually quite a gentle affair. But this year’s is different. When an ordinary, unmagical boy called Ivo, a hag, a troll and a wizard are given the task of rescuing a princess from an ogre, they quail. They tremble. They consider running away and hiding. Can they be any match for the gruesome, ghastly, flesh-eating Ogre of Oglefort? But not all is as it seems. The Ogre is depressed and not in the mood for eating anyone. What’s more, the princess doesn’t even WANT to be rescued. So the bossy Norms, who rule over everyone, decide to take things in hand once and for all – and send a gang of the vilest, most petrifying ghouls to get the job done properly… With all her classic hallmarks, this Eva Ibbotson fantasy is a marvellously magical tour-de-force from a born storyteller.

“Deliciously entertaining.” Guardian

“Readers of classic children’s fiction will be familiar with the bliss that steals over one when a new Eva Ibbotson novel is published… How our heroes withstand the siege of Oglefort castle is an adventure strewn with misunderstandings, mistakes and magic.” Amanda Craig, The Times

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780330513050

Publisher

Macmillan Children's Books

Date published

February 4th, 2011

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 6.1; Middle years; 8.0 points

Condition

New

UK edition

Author/Illustrator

Eva Ibbotson

Eva Ibbotson is the award-winning author of many books for children and adults. She has a daughter and three sons, who showed her that children like to read about ghosts, wizards, and witches “because they are just like people but madder and more interesting.”

She was born in Vienna, in Austria, but moved to England with her family when the Nazis came to power. After training to be a physiologist which she didn’t enjoy because she didn’t like doing experiments on animals, Eva got married and had four very nice children.

Her first children’s book, The Great Ghost Rescue was published in 1975, and she is best known for titles like Journey to the River Sea and The Dragonfly Pool. Eva died in 2010, aged 85.

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Reviews

Eleanor
on 13 October 2021

Fantasy

This was a riveting and fun fantasy adventure book

5out of 5

What kids think

bookaholic202
on 7 March 2014

I like how they make the ogre good. Its really funny.
Fifi44
on 15 January 2013

it was really good but I didn’t get absolutely gripped by it

4out of 5
01935706689
on 11 June 2012

i loved this book it was an amazingly wierd book. if i were u i would read it now. it is that good !!!!

5out of 5
smileitsfriday
on 4 March 2012

This book is awesome, It’s just the cover pic that’s disgusting! * * * * *
Superboy38
on 5 March 2011

It is a great book. It is about a crew trying to rescue princess Mirella.

5out of 5

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The Ogre of Oglefort Award-winning author by Eva Ibbotson (author) (UK edition)