Ardagh, Philip.

Dreadful acts / Philip Ardagh ; with illustrations by David Roberts. - 1st American ed. - New York : H. Holt, 2003. - 128 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. - The Eddie Dickens trilogy ; bk. 2 . - Ardagh, Philip. Eddie Dickens trilogy ; bk. 2. .

Originally published: England : Faber and Faber, 2001. Sequel to: A house called Awful End. Sequel: Terrible Times.

Twelve-year-old Eddie Dickens survives encounters with an escape artist in a runaway hearse's coffin, a hot air balloon bearing the escape artist's lovely assistant, a gas explosion, and a jewel thief on the run.

ISBN: 0805071555 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2002067885

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Adventure and adventurers--Fiction.
Escape artists--Fiction.
Robbers and outlaws--Fiction.
Humorous stories.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.A6776 / Dr 2003

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]