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The No-Good Nine
  • Published: 15 October 2019
  • ISBN: 9781101997857
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $17.99

The No-Good Nine

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16 Oct 2018
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15 Oct 2019
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Hang on for a wild ride when you roll with the No-Good Nine!

The No-Good Nine are the kids your parents warned you to stay away from. The ragtag band of misfits lie, steal, run away from home, and even burn down Santa's toy factory. (They say it was an accident.) Anyway, Santa had it coming--he put coal in their stockings. Full of laughs and double-crosses, this tongue-in-cheek romp is for readers who like their Christmas spirit irreverent rather than sentimental.
  • Published: 15 October 2019
  • ISBN: 9781101997857
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $17.99
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About the author

John Bemelmans Marciano

Writer and artist John Bemelmans Marciano is the grandson of Ludwig Bemelmans. John has continued his grandfather’s legacy of the Madeline books with Madeline and the Old House in Paris, Madeline at the White House, andMadeline and the Cats of Rome. He is the author of Bemelmans: The Life and Art of Madeline’s Creator, and of The Nine Lives of Alexander Baddenfield and The Witches of Benevento books, which were illustrated by Sophie Blackall. John lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Andromache, and their daughter, Galatea.
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Also by John Bemelmans Marciano

The Secret Janara
Runaway Rosa
Respect Your Ghosts
Beware the Clopper!
The All-Powerful Ring
Mischief Season
Madeline and the Old House in Paris
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Praise for The No-Good Nine

"With as many laughs and double-crosses as befits a band of naughty-listers, the tale offers raucous holiday adventuring."
     --Publishers Weekly
"Marciano creates a cast of ragamuffins diverse in race, gender, ethnic background, social class, and temperament. A tongue-in-cheek romp with currently topical overtones."
     --Kirkus Reviews

"Marciano's freewheeling tale--full of frenetic peril, cartoony violence, and sometimes-rude humor--will appeal to readers who prefer their holiday spirit to be side-splitting rather then heart-tugging."
     --The Horn Book

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