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Humbug by Nina Bawden is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Humbug about?
133 p. ; 22 cm First there was her parents' trip to Japan, then her grandmother's trip to the hospital; it's all humbug, which Cora likes to think of as a magic word. When eight-year-old Cora is sent to stay next door with the seemingly pleasant woman called Aunt Sunday, she is tormented by Aunt Sunday's mean-spirited, deceitful daughter, but finds an ally in Aunt Sunday's elderly mother. While her parents are away on a business trip, Cora goes to stay with the next-door neighbors and is tormented by mean-spirited and deceitful Angelica, but she receives unexpected support from Angelica's elderly grandmother When eight-year-old Cora is sent to stay next door with the seemingly pleasant woman called Aunt Sunday, she is tormented by Aunt Sunday's mean-spirited, deceitful daughter, but finds an ally in Aunt Sunday's elderly mother Accelerated Reader MG 5.0 5
Who reads Humbug?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Nina Bawden
- Publisher
- New York: Clarion Books
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780395621493
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Children'S, Romance, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.77 / 5 (323 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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