Tom Angleberger’s latest, loopiest middle-grade novel begins when M’Lady Luggertuck loosens her corset (it’s never been loosened before!), thereby setting off a chain of events in which all the strict rules of Smugwick Manor are abandoned. When, as a result of “the Loosening,” the precious family heirloom, the Luggertuck Lump (quite literally a lump), goes missing, the Luggertucks look for someone to blame. Is it Horton Halfpott, the good-natured but lowly kitchen boy who can’t tell a lie? Or one of the many colorful cast members in this silly romp of a mystery.
- ISBN: 9780810997158
- Author: Angleberger, Tom
- Published: 2011 , Amulet Books
- Themes: Conduct of life, detective story, Eccentrics and eccentricities, social class
- Descriptors: England (UK), Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery and Thriller
- No. of pages: 224