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The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Farrar Straus & Giroux
Publication date April 18, 2006
Pages 185
Binding School and Library
Book category Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13 9780374336905
ISBN-10 0374336903
Dimensions 0.75 by 5.50 by 7.75 in.
Weight 0.65 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $17.00
Other format details juvenile
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
When she makes a shocking discovery in the basement of the Rumbaugh pharmacy, Ivy exposes the strange lives of Abner and Adolph Rumbaugh, who harbor a powerful and twisted love for their dead mother, and their family curse, which profoundly--and strangely--impacts Ivy and her own mother. 25,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
On an unseasonably warm Easter Sunday, a young girl named
Ivy discovers a chilling secret in the basement of the Rumbaugh
pharmacy across the street from the hotel where she lives with
her mother. The discovery reveals a disturbing side to the
eccentric lives of family friends Abner and Adolph Rumbaugh,
known throughout their small western Pennsylvania town
simply as the Twins. It seems that Ab and Dolph have been
compelled by a powerful mutual love for their deceased mother
to do something extraordinary, something that in its own
twisted way bridges the gap between the living and the dead.
Immediately, Ivy's discovery provokes the revelation of a
Rumbaugh family curse, a curse that, as Ivy will learn over the
coming years, holds a strange power over herself and her own
mother.

In his third book for young adults, Jack Gantos has scripted a
completely original drama. With gothic flavor and black humor,
he depicts a group of people bound together by love,
compulsion . . . and a passion for taxidermy.



Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780230701854
 
With Jack Gantos | from Pan Macmillan (March 7, 2008)
9780230701854 | details & prices | 181 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $17.65
Paperback
Book cover for 9780312380526
 
Reprint edition from Square Fish (June 24, 2008)
9780312380526 | details & prices | 185 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.40 lbs | List price $14.99
CD/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9780307286123
 
With Lisa Datz (other contributor) | Unabridged edition from Listening Library (May 23, 2006)
9780307286123 | details & prices | 4.75 × 5.50 × 1.00 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.45 lbs | List price $30.00
About: A young woman named Ivy, who made a shocking discovery in her small western Pennsylvania town when she was seven years old and learned a surprising secret nine years later, questions whether she has inherited the Rumbaugh curse of having excessive love for one's mother.
School and Library
Book cover for 9780374336905
 
The price comparison is for this edition
from Farrar Straus & Giroux (April 18, 2006)
9780374336905 | details & prices | 185 pages | 5.50 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.65 lbs | List price $17.00
About: A young woman named Ivy, who made a shocking discovery in her small western Pennsylvania town when she was seven years old and learned a surprising secret nine years later, questions whether she has inherited the Rumbaugh curse of having excessive love for one's mother.
Prebinding
With Jack Gantos | Reprint edition from Paw Prints (April 9, 2009)
9781439585702 | details & prices | 185 pages | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | List price $16.99

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