The Kneebone Boy
If I had predicted 100 different ways that The Kneebone Boy might have ended, I still wouldn’t have come close to the actual ending. This book, the most recent by Ellen Potter, is the story of an adventure of the Hardscrabble children. To say that these children are strange might be an understatement. The oldest Hardscrabble boy doesn’t speak, and he never takes off his scarf. Some people wonder if he used the scarf to strangle his mother–she disappeared several years ago. Through a series of events, the Hardscrabble children find themselves alone in London where they meet their long-lost aunt. Their long-lost aunt lives in a child’s play castle. (See, things just keep getting more weird.) It is from this small castle that they launch their search for the mysterious Kneebone boy. What they find in the end surprises everyone–including me. If you like Lemony Snickett’s books or Leaving the Bellweathers, then you simply must pick this book up at the library.
