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The mechanical mind of John Coggin, Elinor Teele ; illustrations by Ben Whitehouse

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The mechanical mind of John Coggin

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Elinor Teele ; illustrations by Ben Whitehouse

Accelerated Reader, MG, 5.2, 10, 10, 182293

Roald Dahl meets The Penderwicks in this quirky, humorous, whimsical, and heartwarming middle grade debut about two siblings who run away from home to escape working in the family coffin business. John Coggin is no ordinary boy. He is devising an invention that nobody has ever seen before, something that just might change the world, or at least make life a little bit better for him and his little sister, Page. But that's only when he can sneak a break from his loathsome job--building coffins for the family business under the beady gaze of his cruel Great-Aunt Beauregard.€When Great-Aunt Beauregard informs John that she's going to make him a permanent partner in Coggin Family Coffins--and train Page to be an undertaker--John and Page hit the road. Before long, they've fallen in with a host of colorful characters, all of whom, like John and Page, are in search of a place they can call home. But home isn't something you find so much as something you fight for, and John soon realizes that he and Page are in for the fight of their livesWhen Great Aunt Beauregard announces her intentions of bringing John into the family business of coffin manufacturing and teaching his sister Page to embalm, the two of them head out on the lam, with the intention of maybe joining the circus"When Great Aunt Beauregard announces her intentions to bring budding engineer John into the family business of coffin manufacturing for the rest of his natural life--and, worse, to teach his sister Page to embalm--John decides enough is enough, and the two of them head out on the lam, maybe joining the circus"--, Provided by publisher

juvenilepre adolescent