Being the Tale of a Criminal Mastermind, His Masked Minions and a Princess with a Butter Knife, Involving Explosives and a Certain Amount of Pushing and Shoving
"The Mad Misadventures of Emmaline and Rubberbone"
This is the 2nd book in a growing series of Emmaline and Rubberbones. The story picks up with English school girl, Emmaline, 15 years old, living with her aunt Lucy in the country hillside somewhere in England. Emmaline has runaway from her boarding school with an Asian Princess, Purnha. Princess Purnha rules a small fictional nation between Russia and India. The two girls hated being at "The Strictest School in the World" (book 1) and with the help of Lucy's servant Rab, aka Rubberbones because he doesn't get hurt, have escaped and are happily being taught by a strange American professor.
However, things do not go well when both India and Russia discover that Princess Purnha has runaway. Both countries want to control her in hopes of running her nation. Things turn unusually violent (mostly because Princess Purnha believes strongly in violence) and quite funny as the three, along with Lucy, Professor Bellbuckle, and Lucy's butler, all try to escape the Faceless Fiend--literally he has no face--who has mistaking kidnapped Rubberbones. During this adventure, flights in balloons and gliders will be made. Rubberbones jumps from roofs and smashes windows. Purnha screams words that make no sense. Professor Bellbuckle shoots off lots of fireworks and tries out his crazy inventions. But mostly, the 3 kids have a great adventure.
Fans of the way The Penderwicks is written will appreciate the style of this book. Those looking for a fun adventure will love it.
