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Scarum Fair

Ages: 9–11
Pages: 32
List Price: $17.95
Cover: Hardcover
Published: 10/1/2010
ISBN: 1-59078-590-8
ISBN-13: 978-1-59078-590-4
Enter the Scarum Fair, poet Jessica Swaim's hilariously ghoulish gathering of thrill rides, creepy creatures, and ghastly sideshow entertainers. Take a ride on the Scary-Go-Round and Teacup Terror, or enter the Coffin Race. Meet The Head, The Hand, and Madame Ratowski, the palm reader who likes to be paid in swiss cheese. Visit the chiropractic tent of Dr. Crunch, who'll "pulverize your sternum, and disconnect your knee, then move your metatarsals where your tailbone used to be." And unusual food awaits: sample some cat-hair stew, I-scream, and a type-A blood-red punch. Cap off the entertainment with a special event: Count Dracula's wedding. Illustrator Carol Ashley's bizarre goblins add to the weird, wacky fun.