The first in a series with the makings of a modern classic, The Luck Uglies is an irresistible cross between Joseph Delaneys The Last Apprentice and Chris Colfers Land of Stories series, overflowing with adventure, secrets, friendship, and magic.Rye OChanter has seen a lot of strange things happen in Village Drowning children are chased through the streets. Families are fined for breaking laws that dont even exist. Girls arent allowed to read anymore, and certain books—books that hold secrets about Drownings past—have been outlawed altogether.Now a terrifying encounter has eleven-year-old Rye convinced that the monstrous, supposedly extinct Bog Noblins have returned. Before the monsters disappeared, there was only one way to defeat them—the Luck Uglies.
