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A podunk town, a pickle factory, a dead body with one eyeball gone?! Maybe this summer won't be so boring after all for Bea and her friends. A funny, scary, original debut "caper"!
Bea lives in the nowhere town of Elbow, where it rains so much the residents have green mold growing between their toes. Nothing ever happens in Elbow. Its closest claim to fame is a giant pickle factory, owned by Herman, the Pickle King. Herman's a small-time big shot, a local celebrity...until he turns up dead. And when Bea and Sam stumble across the body--minus one eyeball--in the water-logged basement of a creepy old house, suddenly THEY'RE ones in a pickle! With a mystery to solve, maybe this summer won't be such a bore after all....
- Sales Rank: #1619839 in Books
- Brand: Brand: Chicken House
- Published on: 2010-03-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.49" h x 1.36" w x 6.46" l, 2.00 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 416 pages
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- Used Book in Good Condition
From School Library Journal
Grade 5–8—The town of Elbow is known for two things—unceasing summer rain and Herman's Pickles. Bea, 11, is a camera whiz, so when her friend Sam discovers a dead body in an abandoned house, he wants her to document the scene. She photographs the twisted, waterlogged corpse with its missing eye, but once she develops the shots, her camera begins to act strangely. It moves by itself, spins around, and emits weird groans. The dead man has evidently hitched a ride—and now he wants the kids to investigate his demise. They identify the victim as the former head of the pickle company, now taken over by a big conglomerate. Furthermore, they learn that people tend to disappear in Elbow. Some end up in St. Agnes mental hospital, some turn up among the half-crazed outcasts in a filthy camp under the garbage dump—and some just never surface again. Gradually, the friends realize that there is an even more fiendish scheme behind the disappearances—and they may be the next victims. The rather convoluted plot often stretches credulity to the breaking point. The young investigators sneak out late at night, drive a car, access restricted hospital files, and spy on a meeting of the villains' secret Brotherhood. There is plenty of truly gross action as well. Even for a book of this type, the Frankenstein-inspired climax is a bit over-the-top. This is an additional choice where there is an especially strong demand for horror fiction.—Elaine E. Knight, Lincoln Elementary Schools, IL
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From Booklist
Although it does nothing but rain all summer in the dead-end town of Elbow, 11-year-old Bea and a ragtag group of classmates discover adventure after they stumble across the ghost of a local pickle manufacturer. Promitzer mixes together numerous disparate elements in this sometimes gruesome mystery, with allusions to Frankenstein, Bob Marley, Dan Brown, Scooby-Doo, and swamp people stirred together and topped off with a final, somewhat unfulfilling lesson on the first day back to school: “Normal meant kids had to stick to their own cliques and act in a way that wasn’t really who they were.” Fewer plot ingredients would have resulted in a tighter, more effective story, and Bea’s first-person narration lacks consistent authenticity. Still, readers with a taste for quirky and circuitous adventures may want to take a bite. Grades 5-8. --Andrew Medlar
Review
"Written with obvious relish and a distinctive individual voice, The Pickle King is an unusual blend of genuine humour and horror, with more than a dash of the truly disgusting. (Yes, it's offal in places!) I'm eager to see what Rebecca Promitzer serves up next." -- Philip Ardagh
"Spine-chilling...intensely visual..." -- Books for Keeps
"A fantastic oddball story. Recommended for any child with a thirst for adventure and a love for all things weird and wonderful." -- Waterstones Book Quarterly
"A hugely entertaining adventure story tinged with enough horror to delight but not really to terrify. Bored during a wet holiday, Bea and her friend Sam go exploring and come across the body of a dead man. What's the story? Bea and her gang set out to follow the clues and unravel what's been going on. A tremendous debut, The Goonies for a new generation. Readers of Louis Sachar, Frank Cottrell Boyce, and Paul Jennings will devour it in a sitting."
-- Julia Eccelshare, Children's Book Editor, The Guardian UK, on Lovereading4kids.co.uk
"The traditional soggy British summer makes another appearance in The Pickle King, which is set in a small town called Elbow where it does nothing but rain. Bea, the narrator, and her gang are a bunch of 12-year-olds with nothing in common except having the misfortune to be stuck in Elbow for the holidays. When they discover the dead body of the owner of the nearby pickle factory with an eyeball missing, their lives start to become more interesting. This is a fast-paced, entertaining debut with well-drawn characters." -- Lisa O'Kelly, The Observer UK
"With its parade of weird and wonderful characters, this is a really vivid read that is at times reminiscent of Louis Sachar and Lemony Snicket. Part detective story, part chilling ghost story, it moves seamlessly from humour to action to horror...From the oppressive rain-drenched town of Elbow to Garbage City, created beneath the wonderfully disgusting dump, Promitzer manages to create a fascinating backdrop for the action-packed drama. A real page-turner with a fantastic and unexpected conclusion, it will thoroughly entertain those drawn in by the intriguing cover."
--Sally Harrison, writeaway.org.uk
"Rebecca Promitzer did a lovely job writing this exciting and freakishly out-of-the-ordinary novel. The characters were entrancing and very well thought-out. The plot was an enticing tale of murder, woven for a younger audience to understand. I loved the atmosphere; it just made me want to keep reading it over and over again. It was a very engrossing, full of mystery and adventure at every turn."
-- SEBCO Student Review, Olivia Pine, Nazareth Hall Middle School, Rochester, NY
"A fantastic, unusual read with lots of interesting ideas. The setting is a small town called Elbow where it rains a lot. The main characters include five misfit kids and one mad dog. A real-life dead body, a missing eyeball, and a bag of intestines: These unusual ingredients add up to a red-hot adventure with dark and chilling moments that grip you from page to page."
-- Mr. Ripley's Enchanted Books blog
"An interestingly dark and very, very wet story -- featuring ghosts and creepy bad guys -- in which unlikely friendships are formed, mysteries are solved, and relationships bloom!"
-- Cinda Meister, Booksmart, Morgan Hill, CA
"When I first heard about The Pickle King, it struck me as the perfect summer book -- a big, complicated, mystery/thriller with a crew of smart kids and a ghost or two. In other words, a good diversion for long hot days. What I found was something way beyond my initial hopes. This middle-grade mystery is unlike anything I've read in years -- it has all the elements I expected, plus a plot that careens in a dozen different directions and ups and downs of epic proportions. Ther
\u0022A hugely entertaining adventure story tinged with enough horror to delight but not really to terrify. Bored during a wet holiday, Bea and her friend Sam go exploring and come across the body of a dead man. What's the story? Bea and her gang set out to follow the clues and unravel what's been going on. A tremendous debut, The Goonies for a new generation. Readers of Louis Sachar, Frank Cottrell Boyce, and Paul Jennings will devour it in a sitting.\u0022
-- Julia Eccelshare, Children's Book Editor, The Guardian UK, on Lovereading4kids.co.uk
\u0022The traditional soggy British summer makes another appearance in The Pickle King, which is set in a small town called Elbow where it does nothing but rain. Bea, the narrator, and her gang are a bunch of 12-year-olds with nothing in common except having the misfortune to be stuck in Elbow for the holidays. When they discover the dead body of the owner of the nearby pickle factory with an eyeball missing, their lives start to become more interesting. This is a fast-paced, entertaining debut with well-drawn characters.\u0022 -- Lisa O'Kelly, The Observer UK
"With its parade of weird and wonderful characters, this is a really vivid read that is at times reminiscent of Louis Sachar and Lemony Snicket. Part detective story, part chilling ghost story, it moves seamlessly from humour to action to horror...From the oppressive rain-drenched town of Elbow to Garbage City, created beneath the wonderfully disgusting dump, Promitzer manages to create a fascinating backdrop for the action-packed drama. A real page-turner with a fantastic and unexpected conclusion, it will thoroughly entertain those drawn in by the intriguing cover."
--Sally Harrison, writeaway.org.uk
"Rebecca Promitzer did a lovely job writing this exciting and freakishly out-of-the-ordinary novel. The characters were entrancing and very well thought-out. The plot was an enticing tale of murder, woven for a younger audience to understand. I loved the atmosphere; it just made me want to keep reading it over and over again. It was a very engrossing, full of mystery and adventure at every turn."
-- SEBCO Student Review, Olivia Pine, Nazareth Hall Middle School, Rochester, NY
"A fantastic, unusual read with lots of interesting ideas. The setting is a small town called Elbow where it rains a lot. The main characters include five misfit kids and one mad dog. A real-life dead body, a missing eyeball, and a bag of intestines: These unusual ingredients add up to a red-hot adventure with dark and chilling moments that grip you from page to page."
-- Mr. Ripley's Enchanted Books blog
"An interestingly dark and very, very wet story -- featuring ghosts and creepy bad guys -- in which unlikely friendships are formed, mysteries are solved, and relationships bloom!"
-- Cinda Meister, Booksmart, Morgan Hill, CA
"When I first heard about The Pickle King, it struck me as the perfect summer book -- a big, complicated, mystery/thriller with a crew of smart kids and a ghost or two. In other words, a good diversion for long hot days. What I found was something way beyond my initial hopes. This middle-grade mystery is unlike anything I've read in years -- it has all the elements I expected, plus a plot that careens in a dozen different directions and ups and downs of epic proportions. There are friends to the end, stolen body parts, an asylum of sane people made crazy, some very bad guys, revealing pictures, and people who hide in a most unexpected place. Buckle yourself in when you start reading, because the narrative turns on a dime, and you will never see those curves coming.
"Bea is bored out of her mind. Her beloved father is dead, her mother has been committed to an asylum due to paralyzing grief, and while a kind family friend is taking care of her, life in Elbow is pretty much the dullest you can imagine. It rains all summer, every summer, and there isn't a dang thing to do. Determined to win a local photo contest (and the prize, a holiday trip to sunny Florida!), Bea sets out with her friend Sam to photograph local faces. What they discover, though, is a dead body -- and from that point on Bea finds herself at the whim of a ghost who will not rest in peace until she gets his killer. Soon enough, Bea and Sam band together with their fellow bored classmates, and the crew (lonely rich girl, geek boy, responsible sister with tagalong little brother) set out to solve the crime. Along the way, they uncover a citywide conspiracy and end up having to run for their lives -- more than once. They also check out an abandoned train, the labyrinthine garbage dump, and mysterious X-rays at the local hospital. It's nonstop action, but it's the solid friendships between the characters that is the heart of the story.
"The Pickle King is like a 400-page-long popcorn movie, and I say that as a compliment. Bea is fun -- the whole crew is awesome -- and I had a blast reading about their adventures. Add a bologna sandwich, chips, and some lemonade, and you're set for summer good times."
-- Colleen Mondor, Chasing Ray blog
Most helpful customer reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
awesome book!
By Nathan Hitz
i really loved this book. it was full of suspense but if you have a weak stomach i would not suggest it. theres an awesome plot and when the mystery unfolds its a real shocker!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
A terrific read!
By Mark Lawrence
what a great book, read it with my 10 year old and my seven year old, girls, and they both loved it. well written, and would make a great movie. dont hesitate, dive in !!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
You'll Fall In Love With This Book! My Son and I did :-)
By SueGiesler
You'll Fall In Love With This Book! My Son and I did :-)
What can I say about the book that made my son enjoy reading? Ok, I confess I initially bought the book for myself, not for my son, but the cover was just so beautiful I had to have it! I can still remember the first time I saw it on the shelf.
My son was a not a reader, but he sat next to me in the train and we started reading it together. Before page ten he was already hooked! He asked me if he could read it first. He has read it twice, suggested it to his classmates in the school book club and wrote a paper on it for school.
The plot is awesome, the characters are very believable & likeable and the mistery is perfect. The small town called Elbow where the story unfolds is perfect for the plot. So perfect that it's like the town is another character in the book.
Highly recommendable!
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