false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172319818m/163486.jpg 538838 8 Lily Gefelty is just an average twelve-year-old girl. But her dad&#8211;a normal-enough seeming guy&#8211;just so happens to work for an evil genius who plans to unleash an army of extremely cranky, stilt-walking, laser-beam-eyed whales upon the world. Lucky for Lily, her two best friends are anything <i>but</i> average. Both of them are famous for their adventures. Jasper Dash, Boy Technonaut, invents gadgets; Katie Mulligan spends her spare time fighting off zombies and were-goats. Surely <i>they'll</i> know what to do. And if they don't? then it will be up to Lily&#8211;average, everyday Lily&#8211;to come up with a plan.<br><br>With this crazy comic ride of a novel, M. T. Anderson launches a riotous and wonderfully weird new series for listeners who like their thrilling tales with tongue firmly in cheek. 3360339 2005 Whales on Stilts: M.T. Anderson's Thrilling Tales (M. T. Anderson's Thrilling Tales) total:402|5:77|4:161|3:108|2:35|1:21| 402 1444 526 118 538838 0307284336 9780307284334 288 86 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631026m/538838.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538838.Whales_on_Stilts_M_T_Anderson_s_Thrilling_Tales 4 1 false Mon Nov 12 05:49:05 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 12 05:54:29 -0800 2007 more...]]> 6734198 0756972132 9780756972134 7 3 3.59 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6734198-whales-on-stilts 1 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Dec 13 15:50:16 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 13 16:15:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 538838 0307284336 9780307284334 288 86 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631026m/538838.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538838.Whales_on_Stilts_M_T_Anderson_s_Thrilling_Tales 2 0 false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 13:42:40 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 13:42:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 538838 0307284336 9780307284334 288 86 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631026m/538838.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538838.Whales_on_Stilts_M_T_Anderson_s_Thrilling_Tales 2 1 false Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 06:42:30 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 06:45:23 -0700 2009
A. M.T. Anderson is not consitent at all when writing books.
B. M.T. Anderson likes carrot cake.
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So, why the two stars?

For some reason, I couldn't get into it. I never felt close to the characters and the ...more...]]> 163486 0152053409 9780152053406 51 10 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172319818m/163486.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/163486.Whales_on_Stilts 4 0 false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Dec 19 07:14:24 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 07:15:32 -0800 2007
Lily, an average twelve-year old girl goes to work with her dad on Career Day. She starts to suspect something when ...more...]]> 538838 0307284336 9780307284334 288 86 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631026m/538838.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538838.Whales_on_Stilts_M_T_Anderson_s_Thrilling_Tales 3 0 false Wed Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 04 18:54:52 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 18:55:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 163497 0152053948 9780152053949 56 19 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172319842m/163497.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/163497.Whales_on_Stilts_M_T_Anderson_s_Thrilling_Tales 4 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 11:00:38 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 11:00:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 538838 0307284336 9780307284334 288 86 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631026m/538838.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538838.Whales_on_Stilts_M_T_Anderson_s_Thrilling_Tales 4 0 false Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 12:47:44 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 20:30:43 -0700 2009
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The humor was wry, which I appreciate, but somehow off the mark. I could see how some people might find this book hysterically funny, I really could. But like watching th...more...]]> 538838 0307284336 9780307284334 288 86 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631026m/538838.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538838.Whales_on_Stilts_M_T_Anderson_s_Thrilling_Tales 4 0 false Tue May 26 20:45:14 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 20:46:03 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 538838 0307284336 9780307284334 288 86 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631026m/538838.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538838.Whales_on_Stilts_M_T_Anderson_s_Thrilling_Tales 3 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Oct 07 19:54:38 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 19:55:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 538838 0307284336 9780307284334 288 86 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631026m/538838.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538838.Whales_on_Stilts_M_T_Anderson_s_Thrilling_Tales 5 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 10:08:57 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 10:10:21 -0700 2009 Craftwise, Anderson uses metafiction techniques for humor and breaking suspense: footnotes, advertisements, the narrator talking to the reader and textual play, for example: giant words, words that are unusually placed, gaps [ :] where the reader can’t see what is being sai...]]> 538838 0307284336 9780307284334 288 86 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631026m/538838.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538838.Whales_on_Stilts_M_T_Anderson_s_Thrilling_Tales 4 0 false Fri Feb 13 09:56:31 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 09:56:31 -0800 2009 538838 0307284336 9780307284334 288 86 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631026m/538838.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538838.Whales_on_Stilts_M_T_Anderson_s_Thrilling_Tales 4 0 false Fri Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 26 09:49:25 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 11 17:13:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 538838 0307284336 9780307284334 288 86 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631026m/538838.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538838.Whales_on_Stilts_M_T_Anderson_s_Thrilling_Tales 5 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 13:14:03 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 13:47:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 538838 0307284336 9780307284334 288 86 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631026m/538838.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538838.Whales_on_Stilts_M_T_Anderson_s_Thrilling_Tales 3 0 false Sat Dec 27 00:12:28 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 16:43:59 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=163486