Rare Beasts

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name = Rare Beasts


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author = Charles Ogden
illustrator = Rick Carton
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country = United States
language = English
series = "Edgar & Ellen"
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publisher = Tricycle Press Aladdin
pub_date = 2003
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followed_by = Tourist Trap

"Rare Beasts" is the first book in the "Edgar & Ellen" series for young adults by Charles Ogden. First published in 2003 by Tricycle Press, the series is currently being published by Alladin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, with a 2006 copyright. The illustrator for his series is Rick Carton of Chicago, Illinois. Text and illustrations are copyrighted by Star Farm Productions, a company co-founded by Mr. Carton.

Plot

"Rare Beasts" is about the twins, Edgar and Ellen, who live alone in a dilapidated mansion on the edge of the town, Nod's Limbs. Their parents disappeared years ago, and now they spend their days avoiding Heimertz, the accordion-playing groundskeeper, pestering Pet, their hairball companion, and wreaking havoc on the ultra-sweet, too-good-to-be-true townsfolk. However, their havoc wreaking has incurred not-inconsiderable expenses. So the twins decide to raise the requisite funds by nabbing the pets of Nod's Limbs and transforming them into exotic animals worth millions. Fortunately for the pets and the citizens of Nod's Limbs, these two anti-heroes come to a poetically just end.

References

*"Rare Beasts", Charles Ogeden. Tricycle Press, 2003. ISBN 1-58246-110-4