Can I read The Trial of Cardigan Jones on EtoBox?

The Trial of Cardigan Jones by Laurie Schneider Adams is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Trial of Cardigan Jones about?

<p><p>Cardigan the moose was new in town. When Mrs. Brown&#8217;s fresh apple pie goes missing, witnesses come forward to place Cardigan at the scene of the crime. Finding himself on trial, Cardigan insists to judge and jury that he didn&#8217;t take the pie &#151; he just wanted to smell it. No one believes him. But despite his assurances, he can&#8217;t explain what happened to the pie, either . . . or can he?<p></p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Egan's (Serious Farm) eponymous hero, a sweater-wearing moose, is new in town. After he stops to smell an apple pie on Mrs. Brown's window sill, he finds himself accused of theft when it goes missing. Cardigan proclaims his innocence, but noticing that he had pie crust on his shirt, [the police] arrested him. The suspect is hauled before a judge, subjected to the confident assertions of witnesses (That moose right there, says a rabbit neighbor of Mrs. Brown, pointing at the appalled Cardigan, He stole it), and pretty much convicted on the spot (He's a troublemaker, says a gopher, even before Cardigan takes the stand). Egan plays the proceedings with a characteristically straight face. His deadpan prose plus his tight, almost claustrophobic

Author

Laurie Schneider Adams

Publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780618402373

Subjects

Children'S, Fiction, Juvenile

Rating

3.66 / 5 (91 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14