![]() ![]() ![]() Once word of the treasure gets out, a lack of guests ceases to be an issue, though others quickly arise in its place. ![]() The hotel has fallen on hard times under the stewardship of Warren's uncle Rupert, and Rupert's new bride, Aunt Annaconda, is tearing it apart as she searches for a mysterious artifact known as the All-Seeing Eye. In fact, witches are just one problem facing 12-year-old Warren he looks part gremlin, part Burnett's Little Lord Fauntleroy who stands to inherit the Warren Hotel where he lives and works. Based on a concept created by book designer/illustrator Staehle, this impeccably designed novel pulls from literary and visual sources that include a Victorian-style two-column text layout, intricate engravinglike illustrations in red and black, and an adventure with echoes of classic children's titles like Raskin's The Westing Game and Dahl's The Witches. ![]()
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