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The Lambton Worm
Young John Lambton, wickedly fishing on a Sunday, awakes an evil worm that grows larger and larger, feeding on nasty thoughts and its favorite apple pies.
88 pages, Hardcover
First published May 21, 1981
About the author
Terry Deary
783 books857 followersA former actor, theatre-director and drama teacher, Deary says he began writing when he was 29. Most famously, he is one of the authors of the Horrible Histories series of books popular among children for their disgusting details, gory information and humorous pictures and among adults for getting children interested in history. Books in the series have been widely translated into other languages and imitated.
A cartoon series has been made of the series of books and was shown on CiTV for a period in 2002.
The first series of a live-action comedy sketch show of the same name was shown on CBBC in 2009 and a second series is due.
Terry is also known widely throughout children and adult reading groups alike for his True Stories series (see below for series list).
He received an Honorary Doctorate of Education from the University of Sunderland in 2000. His numerous accolades also include the Blue Peter "Best Nonfiction Author of the Century" Award in the U.K.
-Wikipedia
A cartoon series has been made of the series of books and was shown on CiTV for a period in 2002.
The first series of a live-action comedy sketch show of the same name was shown on CBBC in 2009 and a second series is due.
Terry is also known widely throughout children and adult reading groups alike for his True Stories series (see below for series list).
He received an Honorary Doctorate of Education from the University of Sunderland in 2000. His numerous accolades also include the Blue Peter "Best Nonfiction Author of the Century" Award in the U.K.
-Wikipedia
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June 8, 2017
The Lambton Worm has waited for centuries for some one to come along with evil deeds or thoughts to set it free. One Sunday a lord's son sneaks off to fish, thinking angry thoughts about his little sister.
Seriously? Thousands of years and the most evil thing that has happened in the area is a kid fishing on Sunday instead of going to church, and being mad at his sister for threatening to tell on him? That's kind of implausible.
But anyway, the boy traps the evil worm in a well. Then he goes home and is immediately knighted and sent off to the Crusades. His sister sneaks along as his squire. But along the way they get chased by robbers and then held for ransom by a wicked nobleman. Eventually the boy is rescued by his sister and returns home to battle the worm, which has been doing super-evil stuff like stealing milk and pies.
I realize this is for little kids and the author probably didn't want to make it too scary, but why keep using the word EVIL when really the worst that happens is naughtiness? Also, the whole trip-to-the-Crusades part seems kind of unrelated to the Worm. And it wasn't too believable that the wealthy parents send the boy alone and with no advice to travel abroad.
The best aspects of this book were the Worm's humorous dialog and the spunky sister.
Seriously? Thousands of years and the most evil thing that has happened in the area is a kid fishing on Sunday instead of going to church, and being mad at his sister for threatening to tell on him? That's kind of implausible.
But anyway, the boy traps the evil worm in a well. Then he goes home and is immediately knighted and sent off to the Crusades. His sister sneaks along as his squire. But along the way they get chased by robbers and then held for ransom by a wicked nobleman. Eventually the boy is rescued by his sister and returns home to battle the worm, which has been doing super-evil stuff like stealing milk and pies.
I realize this is for little kids and the author probably didn't want to make it too scary, but why keep using the word EVIL when really the worst that happens is naughtiness? Also, the whole trip-to-the-Crusades part seems kind of unrelated to the Worm. And it wasn't too believable that the wealthy parents send the boy alone and with no advice to travel abroad.
The best aspects of this book were the Worm's humorous dialog and the spunky sister.
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