Book: Paperback | 5.03 x 7.75in | 272 pages | ISBN 9780141310992 | 29 Jan 2001 | Puffin | 10 - 14 years
Sandy Huntington-Ackerman didn't expect life to be a free ride (even though his parents are multimillionaires). He certainly didn't expect his two money-grubbing uncles to try to kill his family with a drugged birthday cake. Luckily for Sandy, the cake only sends his parents (and their pet chicken, Attila) into a coma. Along with a loyal butler and a wacky nurse from the asylum next door, Sandy is determined to bring the scoundrels to justice--if he's not the next to go! This "rollicking screwball-comedy of a story" (The Horn Book) is just right for fans of Holes and The Westing Game.
"This is a fabulous book!" --VOYA
"Goodhearted and deliciously daffy, [this] is a kind of storytelling you don't see much of these days." --Bruce Coville
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