The Lampo Circus
Author: Alexandra Adornetto
Book 2 in the Strangest Adventures series
Pages: 208
Published: 2007
Age: 10+
The arrival of Federico Lampo and his travelling circus brings a new threat to Drabville when the children are kidnapped and transported to the grim world of the Conjuors' Realm. Lord Aldor, assisted by Ringmaster Lampo and the vicious Contessa Bombasta, is plotting to conquer the fairy province of Mirth. .
The children embark on a quest to warn the Queen of Mirth, encountering some fearsome obstacles, not least the ferocious Grin Bandits and their tooth–extracting apparatus.
As the day of battle draws near, Milli and Ernest realise that if Lord Aldor defeats them, theirs won't be the only lives at stake...
About the Strangest Adventures Series
Books in series order
- 1.The Shadow Thief(2007)
- 2.The Lampo Circus(2007)
- 3.Von Gobstopper's Arcade(2009)
Reading age: 10+ years
This series should be read in order.
The Strangest Adventures is a trilogy of books centered on the model town of Drabville, and the strange misfortunes that befall its inhabitants at the hands of the evil and dastardly, Lord Aldor.
Millipop Klompet and Ernest Perriclof live in the uneventful town of Drabville, where the cautious Ernest spends his time enlarging his rock collection and Milli dreams of adventure. It is their curiosity and ingenuity, however, that must derail Lord Aldor's various unusual plots to gain power and control the citizens.
The tales are inventive and highly imaginative, told in an entertaining style reminiscent of Lemony Snicket.