My Uncle Gus the Garden Gnome (Wacky Families, #4)

by Jackie French

Stephen Michael King (Illustrator)

We've all got wacky families, it's just that some are wackier than others - find out how wacky in the fourth book of this hilarious series, My Uncle Gus the Garden Gnome. tom has the happiest family around. Dad is Senior Bogeyman for the entire east coast and Mum is First Assistant tooth Fairy. Only Uncle Gus feels a professional failure - he's just a garden gnome. But when the Most Powerful Witch in the World puts a bad-luck spell on tom, it's Uncle Gus - and tom's friend Mog (who's a . well, no one is quite sure what Mog is, but he's large and hairy) - who put things right. A hilarious story featuring sabre-toothed tigers, mad scientist teachers, magic carpets, and lots of fun and mayhem. Ages 7+

• ISBN10: 0207199582
• ISBN13: 9780207199585
• Publish Date: 26 May 2004
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 19 December 2023
• Publish Country: AU
• Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 130
• Language: English
• URL: http://harpercollins.com.au/9780207199585

Reviews

[KitsuneBae]

I’m going to bonk anyone in the head who says that MG books are boring. My Uncle Gus, The Garden Gnome is a heartwarming tale about a boy, Leo, who has a crush on a ghost named Fra. And he’s really trying his best to make Fra’s ghostly life interesting. But the trouble is, Grizella, a beautiful witch and Leo’s classmate, is sort of crazy about him. So when Leo turned down her dance invitation, Leo’s life has suddenly gone to the dogs. See? Middle grade books are even crazier than YA and Adult books.

So with Leo’s life going downhill, you might think that he’s doomed but things actually went for the better. Leo and the circumstance that he was in helped the people around him to find happiness in the littlest of things.