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Harry the Poisonous Centipede Goes to Sea

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by Lynne Reid Banks
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Harry the Poisonous Centipede is now quite brave, but nothing can prepare him for this next adventure! He and best friend George are lost in a new and even scarier no-top world. Far from home, across the no-end puddle, they must negotiate a strange treeless cold desert, a Nest of Hoo-Mins, lots of noise-hurt and terrifying hairy-yowlers! Harry woke up first. The straight-up-hard thing was jiggling. It was moving."What's happening?" asked George in alarm."I don't know. We're moving." Harry replied."Where are we? We're not where we were last night!" crackled George."I told you! This is a can't -get-out!" Harry and George face the toughest adventure yet when they are shipped West in a crate of bananas. Far across the no-end puddle, miles away from home, they must find a way to survive the bitter cold and hide from the hundreds of Hoo-Mins do-diddling around them. They run away as fast as they can, but inadvertently squirm into a Hoo-Min Nest and come face to face with a hairy-yowler! All Harry wants is to go home to his mother, and tell her how much he warm-hearts her before her time comes to "stop". But before they can even start the perilous journey home, they must escape the Nest and go out into the no-top world. Yet this particular Hoo-Min is fascinated by insects, and wants nothing more than to add some poisonous centipedes to his collection...

  • Creators

  • Series

    Harry the Poisonous Centipede

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    June 24, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780007374946

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780007374946
      • File size: 159 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 4.6
    • Lexile® Measure: 740
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 3-4

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      September 1, 2006
      Gr 3-5 -Harry is back in his third adventure. He and George are teenage giant centipedes who enjoy hunting and exploring. When they stray too far from home, they become trapped in a crate of bananas with another centipede, Josie. They make a close escape from boot-clad -Hoo-Mins - who try to squish them. They run through sewer pipes, meet some rats, and find refuge in a greenhouse, only to be caught. Luckily for the -pedes, these humans are bug lovers and take them to the zoo. The zoo folks are keen on the discovery and are bent on returning these rare creatures to their tropical home (location undisclosed). Josie moves in and has hundreds of poisonous babies (father unknown). Despite the rash of stories in which the author cleverly addresses readers, the device falls short here; translations of centipede-speak are distracting, and author comments are often intrusive. Black-and-white line drawings are scattered throughout. Fans of the previous books are the likely audience for this one." -Alison Grant, West Bloomfield Township Public Library, MI"

      Copyright 2006 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Booklist

      October 15, 2006
      In their third adventure, centipedes Harry and George sneak into a banana crate and end up being shipped by boat to a distant city, where they find themselves catapulted from one dire predicament to the next. Banks recounts her tale through Harry's limited, centipede linguistic perspective: a backhoe is a "Great Dropping Dump," and Harry's feelings toward his mother are "warm-heart." She also employs the omniscient narrator, skillfully ensuring that readers won't miss any of the clever wordplay. Ross' imaginative drawings enhance the text, making this a good choice for series fans and anyone looking for humorous adventure.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2006, American Library Association.)

    • The Horn Book

      January 1, 2007
      In his third adventure, Harry and his friend George hide in a box of bananas and meet a female centipede. The three are then shipped overseas, far from their tropical home. They encounter cars, sewers, cold weather, and entomologists as they try to survive. The tale is fast paced, but the coincidences necessary to get the three back home stretch even this implausible fantasy's reality.

      (Copyright 2007 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

Formats

  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:4.6
  • Lexile® Measure:740
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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