Lemony Snicket meets Roald Dahl in this wickedly funny (James Ponti, New York Times bestselling author), deliciously macabre, and highly illustrated tale of a hungry beast, a vain immortal man, and a not-so-charming little girl who doesn\'t know she\'s about to be eaten.
Could it be Bethany is less meal-worthy and more...friend-worthy?.
She\'s certainly a really rather rude houseguest, but Ebenezer still finds himself wishing she didn\'t have to be gobbled up after all.
The child, Bethany, may just be more than Ebenezer bargained for.
Still, he finds the absolutely snottiest, naughtiest, and most frankly unpleasant child he can and prepares to feed her to the beast.
Ebenezer has never done anything quite this terrible to hold onto his wonderful life.
But the Beast grows ever greedier with each meal, and one day he announces that he\'d like to eat a nice, juicy child next.
In return for meals of performing monkeys, statues of Winston Churchill, and the occasional cactus, Ebenezer gets potions that keep him young and beautiful, as well as other presents.
How, you may wonder? Ebenezer simply has to feed the Beast in the attic of his mansion.
And no one knows that better than Ebenezer Tweezer, who has stayed beautiful for 511 years.
Beauty comes at a price.
Lemony Snicket meets Roald Dahl in this wickedly funny (James Ponti, New York Times bestselling author), deliciously macabre, and highly illustrated tale of a hungry beast, a vain immortal man, and a not-so-charming little girl who doesn\'t know she\'s about to be eaten
