Sonja Kaiblinger
Scary Harry – The Reported Dead Live Longer (Vol. 2)
Scary Harry, Volume 2
illustriert von Fréderic Bertrand
10+,
17/02/2014
240 Pages, 15.3 x 21.5 cm
ISBN 978-3-7855-7745-5
Hardcover
12,00 € (D)
13,00 € (A)
incl. VAT, shipping extra
Rights sold:
Series: Afrikaans, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish (worldwide), Turkish.
More about this title
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Laughing until the Grim Reaper appears
\x0d\x0a• Over 120.000 copies sold
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• Cool, instantly endearing, characters with cult potential
• Thrilling, laugh-aloud tale
• Witty illustrations by Fréderic Bertrand
• Film rights sold
Souls in jars of pickled gherkins, a beastly bat and a door into the next world in the living room – there’s nothing in Scary Harry’s cosmos that isn’t there. Sonja Kaiblinger sends Otto and his bony pal into a new adventure, which contains a few surprises.
What happens in Vol. 2:
There’s a plague of ghosts in town! Various kids in Otto’s class are suddenly being haunted, and a dead Spanish bullfighter is trying to make himself at home with Otto and his aunt. Three house ghosts and a talking bat are already more than enough – Otto really doesn’t need another resident ghost. But where have all these forgotten souls come from? And how to get rid of them, now?
Suddenly a mysterious salesman turns up, peddling a spray called ‘Anti-Ghost’ to the haunted folk in town. Somehow, Otto thinks that the whole set-up stinks (in the truest sense of the word). Fortunately, Grim Reaper Harold has given him a good contact in the underworld.AWARDED:
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Leipziger Lesekompass 2014 (age group 10-14 years)
LESERstimmen 2015 Award of young readers in Austria
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- Press reviews for the series:\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a“Sonja Kaibligner’s book is thrilling and full or surprises.“\x0d\x0aWestdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a"The highlight among the ghost stories in fall 2014!“ \x0d\x0aGabi Strobel, börsenblatt\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a“Full of puns and action.”\x0d\x0aMaren Partzsch, Eselsohr\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a“A funny book full of ghosts.“\x0d\x0aWestdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a“Getting things in line between life and death with Otto and his friends is fun … and lively.”\x0d\x0aEva Maus, eselsohr\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a“The edgy-exciting ghost story, whose secret hero is a talking bat, puts children in perfect Ghostbusters-mood.” \x0d\x0aVerena Hoenig, buchjournal\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a“Sonja Kaiblinger succeeds in combining her exuberant, funny and bizarre ideas into a precise and vivid language.”\x0d\x0aUlrike Schultheis, Süddeutsche Zeitung\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a“A story full of amazing characters with the result that you long to go on a ghost hunt yourself.”\x0d\x0aNina Daebel, Münchner Merkur \x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a“Start of a comically illustrated and hilarious ghost-series.”\x0d\x0aFocus-Special "Die 100 best books 2013"\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a“Sharp dialogues with puns ensure great entertainment as well as action packed scenes, unexpected twists and more than once a cliff hanger at the end of a chapter.”\x0d\x0aHeike Byn, Eselsohr\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a“[…] teems with bizarre details.” \x0d\x0aSabine Janssen, Rheinische Post\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a“The thrilling story is told with a lot of humour.”\x0d\x0aWestdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a“A fast pacing, weird adventure story where fear-laden and spooky themes surrounding ghosts and other spectres are told with a wink.” \x0d\x0aJutta Kleedorfer, 1000 und 1 Buch\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a“An incredibly hilarious ghost story.“\x0d\x0aMonster High\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a“Funny and well-written, […] a crime in an uncommon setting.”\x0d\x0aAbendzeitung\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a“This story is exciting and wittily told.”\x0d\x0aCornelsen School Magazine 5-10\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a“This manhunt guarantees supernatural reading fun.” \x0d\x0aGerman Foundation for reading\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a“Very spirited.” \x0d\x0aKölnische Rundschau \x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a“Brilliant, bizarre and laugh-out-loud funny!“\x0d\x0alovelybooks.de\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a“Scary Harry is brimming with humour and imagination: a story with a hint of spookiness and plenty of loveable character.” \x0d\x0aHamburger Morgenpost\x0d\x0a