Stuck on their own in London, the kids come up with a plan that doesn't involve staying back in Little Tunks with Mrs. Lucia especially is quite excited about this turn of events, and some time in London would be great if cousin Angela were actually at home. Carnival from down the way, but this time Casper tells them that they are to stay with their cousin Angela in London. Usually when their dad goes away, the children stay with kooky Mrs. They remind me of angels tossed out of heaven who are now struggling to manage the coin-operated washing machine at the Scrubbly-Bubbly Laundromat" (arc p.23) As you can imagine, exiled royals are not big on settling up their bills, so the Hardscrabbles don't live a luxurious existence by any means, and it means that their father is often traveling to wherever it is that the exiles are. there is something extraordinary about the face of a person who has fallen from greatness. As in most small towns, the rumours began to spread…especially when Otto gives up talking aloud (he has invented a sort of sign language that he and Lucia use) and takes to wearing his mum’s scarf everywhere.Ĭasper is a peculiar sort of artist in that he paints portraits of royalty…exclusively exiled royalty.
Upon opening the arc, I was greeted with Chapter 1 followed by a bit of foreshadowing of the upcoming chapter: “ In which we meet the Hardscrabbles, unearth a triceratops bone, and begin to like Lucia even more.” The Hardscrabbles are siblings Otto, Lucia and Max, who all live in the town of Little Tunks with their artist father Casper. From the creepy dark haired young children staring out with their older blond brother wrapped in a scarf and holding a cat, to the bare feet hanging from the tree, I was simply intrigued. Now, I have enjoyed Potter’s work in the past, so I wasn’t worried at all about experiencing the dreaded feeling of, “but I wanted to like this book!” that happens when readers fall for covers and titles sometimes. This was my initial experience with The Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter. The siren song of a book simply from title and cover art alone. As fellow readers, I am sure that some of you have experienced this.
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