The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel) - by Ellen Raskin (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>For the answers to many important questions, children should try this "story crammed with baffling word puzzles, a dozen zany characters, uproariously funny situations, and unmitigated slapstick" ("The Horn Book"). Reissue.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>From the Newbery Award-winning author of THE WESTING GAME, more clever riddles and wordplay, clues to be found, and mysteries to be solved! <p/>Glub! Blub!<br>Mrs. Caroline Little Dumpling Carillon isn't quite sure what to expect when she sets off to meet her husband, Leon. After all, she hasn't seen him since their wedding when she was five and he was seven. But their reunion is cut short when a storm knocks him off their boat, and he disappears completely, leaving only one very waterlogged clue (<i>Glub! Blub!). </i>Will Dumpling be able to find Leon (or is it Noel) again? And just what <i>is</i> a glub blub?<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Ellen Raskin was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up during the Great Depression. She was the author of several novels, including the Newbery Medal-winning <i>The Westing Game</i>, the Newbery Honor-winning <i>Figgs & Phantoms</i>, <i>The Tattooed Potato and other clues</i>, and <i>The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel)</i>. She also wrote and illustrated many picture books and was an accomplished graphic artist. She designed dust jackets for dozens of books, including the first edition of Madeleine L'Engle's classic <i>A Wrinkle in Time. </i>Ms. Raskin died at the age of fifty-six on August 8, 1984, in New York City.
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