Once Upon a Midnight Eerie, Gordon McAlpine
Once Upon a Midnight Eerie, Gordon McAlpine
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Once Upon a Midnight Eerie
The Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe, Book Two

Author: Gordon McAlpine

Narrator: Arte Johnson

Unabridged: 2 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/17/2014

Synopsis

In The Tell-Tale Start, Edgar and Allan Poe (great-great-great-great-grandnephews of the legendary Edgar Allan Poe) managed to outwit the nefarious Professor P. Pangborn Perry, who was (and is) determined to kill just one of them, in order to prove a mad scientific theory. Now the boys are in New Orleans, about to play the young Poe in a feature film. But the role may cost them their lives, because now someone else wants them dead. But who? And can the twins—with the help of their co-stars, Em and Milly Dickinson, their ghostly forebear, and a pair of real ghosts—manage to outwit them?
 
“Entertaining and original. . . . Endlessly fun and ultimately very satisfying on every level.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review of The Tell-Tale Start audiobook

About The Author

Gordon McAlpine is the author of two novels for adults (The Persistence of Memory and Joy in Mudville),  the YA/adult crossover novel Mystery Box (which imagines the "real life" of Franklin Dixon and Carolyn Keene, the creators of the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew!),and -- of course -- the first Misadventure of Edgar and Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Start.  He lives with his wife in Southern California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Zyra

Poe twins meets the Dickson twins. it was so cute. midnight trip to cemetery which includes ghost tours. finding pirate's treasure. shooting for movie. Edgar Allan Poe's attempts to communicate. all in all very creative & fun just like the first in series.......more

Goodreads review by Calista

I love the addition of the great-great-great-great grandnieces of Emily Dickinson! This book delivered again on the gothic tone, the comedy and the mysteries. I enjoy reading about the afterlife and what is happening with the original Edgar Allan Poe. This book had a treasure hunt and a ghost tour a......more

Goodreads review by Melissa

Another cute book by Gordon McAlpine. 'Once Upon a Midnight Eerie' the sequel to 'Tale-Tell Start', starts off where the first book left off. The Poe twins are sort of famous now. They have also been invited to star in a movie about their great great great great granduncle Edgar Allan Poe. Not only......more

Goodreads review by colleen the convivial curmudgeon

This is a true goodreads 2 - it was ok. There was nothing particularly wrong with it, per se, but it just didn't work for me as well as the first one, which I'd given a 3. It was just less developed. The story of the first one was a bit silly, but it was also kinda of intricate and mysterious. This o......more

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Praise for Edgar & Allan Poe!

"The clever twins, together with some new characters (the Dickinson twin girls, Em and Milly), must foil the villainous plans and help uncover a long lost pirate treasure...intrigue as well as amusement as the clues unfold. Pen-and-ink drawings add to the quirky fun."--School Library Journal
"The psychically linked twins lay a pair of New Orleans ghosts to rest while surviving a new threat to their lives in this...gumbo of jokes, codes, treasure, history, mystery and assorted literary references."--Kirkus Reviews

"Once again the clever boys bring dastardly villains to justice while effortlessly outwitting every grown-up in sight. McAlpine uses New Orleans as a colorful backdrop for a tale of comedy and adventure."--Booklist

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