false <![CDATA[Alex and the Ironic Gentleman]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186904046m/1687350.jpg 1687350 8 <b>Fans of <i>Lemony Snicket, Harriet the Spy</i>, and <i>Alice in Wonderland</i> will love this witty, magical fantasy and its unforgettable tomboy heroine.</b> <BR> <BR> A smart, funny mixture of fantasy and high adventure, <i>Alex and the Ironic Gentleman</i> tells the story of Alex Morningside, an inquisitive ten-and-a-half-year-old girl who lives with her uncle above a doorknob shop. A student at the prestigious Wigpowder-Steele Academy, Alex is often mistaken for a boy because of her bowl haircut, but that's okay -- she has an excellent sense of humor. <BR><BR>Alex hates Wigpowder-Steele because as much as she enjoys learning, she doesn't enjoy wearing a uniform with a skirt. She also doesn't enjoy her teachers, who are all very old and smell funny and don't seem to know about any of the developments that have happened in the world in the last thirty years. And she most definitely does not enjoy her peers, who are quite simply ridiculous. However, that's okay, too, because her peers don't enjoy her much either. Luckily for Alex, the new school year brings an exciting new teacher. Mr. Underwood makes lessons fun and teaches her how to fence. But Mr. Underwood has a mysterious family secret -- the swashbuckling and buried treasure kind -- and not everyone is glad he has come to Wigpowder-Steele.<BR><BR>When the pirates of a ship called The Ironic Gentleman kidnap her beloved teacher, Alex sets off on a through-the-looking-glass journey to rescue him, along the way encountering a steady stream of hilarious and colorful characters, including one Captain Magnanimous, Coriander the Conjurer, and the Extremely Ginormous Octopus. Funny, charming, and ultimately tender, <i>Alex and the Ironic Gentleman</i> ends with a twist that readers will find as heartwarming as it is surprising. 1684138 18 9 2007 Alex and the Ironic Gentleman total:164|5:44|4:54|3:44|2:18|1:4| 164 608 268 58 3 1 false false Sun Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 09:21:21 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 16:36:23 -0700 2008 1
The story has all the characteristics of a straight-forward adventure, set in the times of piracy and swordplay, about a girl (Alex) who attends a less-than inspiring private school, the Wigpowder-Stee...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Dec 19 10:38:25 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 11:06:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 20:03:28 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 20:20:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 16:00:13 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 14:08:31 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 12 06:00:15 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 06:00:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 23:28:49 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 14:12:45 -0700 2009 In addition to wealth of self-contained humor,...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 21:48:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 21:48:00 -0800 2009
Ridiculous.
Good.
Still surprised how a lot of the adult books i had read as a kid
were less adult that the kid books i now read as an adult?
Had a cute story to it, I like pirates.
Choppy sort of rhythm to the writing,
took getting used to for me.
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It's sort of what would happen if Lewis Carroll and Lemony Snicket had a baby--the plot is reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland, the sty...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 28 09:33:27 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 09:33:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 10 06:32:01 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 06:35:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 15:28:25 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 11:29:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 08:45:53 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 08:49:54 -0700 2009
Don't be fooled by preternaturally smart young orphan living with a relative plot start. This really has a diff...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 20:26:25 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 20:28:08 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Sep 07 17:14:09 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 17:15:02 -0700 2009 The book has lots of adventure and humor!]]> 0 0 false false Mon Aug 24 13:36:59 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 13:38:09 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Nov 26 08:54:15 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 08:55:30 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 19:09:07 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 21:47:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1687350