Archer's Goon
By Diana Wynne Jones
(Greenwillow Books, Paperback, 9780064473569, 336pp.)
Publication Date: March 2003
Categories: Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
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"Face the facts!
This town is run by
seven megalomaniac wizards!"
When Howard Sykes comes home to find a giant thug -- the Goon -- in the kitchen, life turns upside down. Archer, one of seven siblings who control everything in their town from electricity to the police, has sent the Goon to collect the two thousand words Howard's father owes him. Suddenly, the Sykes family is caught in the middle of the wizards' battle for power -- and only Howard can save them!
Wickedly witty...a very funny, very suspenseful astral tale.
-Publishers Weekly
Unpredictable and spiced with unexpected humor...Archers Goon leaves readers wanting more. (starred review)
-School Library Journal
A gloriously full-blown fantasy of brilliant dimensions . . . Jones humor and wit are as subtly riotous as ever.
-ALA Booklist
Hilarious fantasy.
-Horn Book Magazine
A highly original fantasy...A most intriguing book.
-Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
The writing in Archers Goon is fine and the scenes and characters fresh and well-drawn
-Washington Post Book World
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