Tom Angleberger’s farcical middle-grade mystery begins when M’Lady Luggertuck loosens her corset (it has never been loosened before!), thereby setting off a chain of events in which all the strict rules of Smugwick Manor are abandoned. When, as a result of “the Loosening,” the precious family heirloom, the Luggertuck Lump (quite literally a lump), goes missing, the Luggertucks look for someone to blame. Is it Horton Halfpott, the good-natured but lowly kitchen boy who can’t tell a lie? Or one of the many colorful cast members in this romp of a mystery that combines supreme silliness with a tale of a young hero with heart.
- ISBN13 9781419701696
- Publish Date 1 March 2012
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 4 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Abrams
- Imprint Amulet Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 240
- Language English