To Kick a Corpse, Tom Angleberger
To Kick a Corpse, Tom Angleberger
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To Kick a Corpse

Author: Tom Angleberger

Narrator: Mark Turetsky

Unabridged: 2 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/20/2024

Synopsis

This report wasn’t supposed to exist. And that’s because The Qwikpick Adventure Society wasn’t supposed to exist. After our last adventure, Marilla’s parents wouldn’t let her go on any more adventures, or even talk to me. But then Marilla found something she wanted to do SO bad that she was willing to break her parents’ rules.

What did she want to do so bad?

Kick a dead guy.

You see, local legend has it that a slave master who lived here was buried standing up. Why? So he could continue overseeing his slaves—even in death! When Marilla heard about this, she decided it was time to knock him down. And that Dave and I were going with her …

About Tom Angleberger

Tom Angleberger ("Rise of the RoboShoes™") began writing his first novel in eighth grade, but never completed it. Since then, he’s been a newspaper reporter and columnist, a juggler, a weed boy, a lawn-mower-part assembler, and a biology research assistant. This bestselling author insists he’s not really all that creative—"I’m more of a puzzle-putter-together."

Reviews

Goodreads review by John on May 11, 2016

Another adventure for The Quickpick Adventure Society. This one is motivated by something other than pure boredom. Some nice character development from previous titles in this series. Angleberger continues his deft portrayal of middle school outsiders. Very fun and quick read.......more

Goodreads review by Shaun on January 20, 2025

Tom Angleberger's characters in the QwikPick papers are so vibrantly alive and relatable. Each of the books has been incredibly funny, but this final volume adds a bit of poignancy and social awareness to go along with the incredible adventure that the main characters go on. It's to Angleberger's cr......more

Goodreads review by Marlee on January 15, 2018

I read this book on my own, just because I had done the other two with my son, and the third one was sitting on our shelf. It was funny and silliness and fun, and a fast easy read. I think I should have waited to read it with my son, because I probably would have enjoyed the humour a lot more if we......more

Goodreads review by Dale Cicada on June 11, 2017

The book was interesting. I kept reading it until the end. It's a nice short read.......more

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