Description
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 )
The writing in Archers Goon is fine and the scenes and characters fresh and well-drawn (Washington Post Book World )
Hilarious fantasy. (Horn Book Magazine )
A highly original fantasy...A most intriguing book. (Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books )
A gloriously full-blown fantasy of brilliant dimensions . . . Jones humor and wit are as subtly riotous as ever. (ALA Booklist )
Unpredictable and spiced with unexpected humor...Archers Goon leaves readers wanting more. (starred review) (School Library Journal )
The writing in Archers Goon is fine and the scenes and characters fresh and well-drawn (Washington Post Book World )
Hilarious fantasy. (Horn Book Magazine )
A highly original fantasy...A most intriguing book. (Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books )
A gloriously full-blown fantasy of brilliant dimensions . . . Jones humor and wit are as subtly riotous as ever. (ALA Booklist )
Book Description
"Face the facts!
This town is run by
seven megalomaniac wizards!"
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!
