Winner of the Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing. The Extremely Weird Thing that Happened in Huggabie Falls is the first book in a trilogy of sublimely ridiculous laugh-out-loud adventure stories for middle-grade readers.
Adam Cece lives in Adelaide. His first book, Wesley Booth Super Sleuth, was published in 2015. In 2017, Adam won the Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing for The Extremely Weird Thing that Happened in Huggabie Falls.
'Wonderfully weird and lots of fun!’
*Andy Griffiths*
'The Extremely Weird Thing that Happened in Huggabie Falls won the
2017 Text Prize, and it’s easy to see why: it’s a funny read, full
of hijinks and adventure. Most of the humour comes from the
narrator’s many deviations and asides that are reminiscent of
authors such as Lemony Snicket or Pseudonymous Bosch.’
*Books+Publishing*
‘Cherish the nonsense as the pages fly through your fingers…A
rollercoaster of fun, friendship and madcap adventure.’
*Kids Book Review*
‘Young readers looking for a good belly laugh won’t be
disappointed.’
*Readings*
‘Cartoon-style illustrations by Andrew Weldon and frequent
interpolations from the excitable author all add to the appeal of
an inventive, engagingly offbeat tale.’
*Adelaide Advertiser*
‘This book is very interesting and fun to read because you never
know what will happen next and there are surprises around every
corner! I think Adam Cece had great ideas that he turned it into a
great book!’
*Emma (age 10)*
‘Adam Cece’s The Extremely Weird Thing That Happened in Huggabie
Falls is an engaging book that takes you through lots of funny
twists as you explore the world of Kipp Kindle, Tobias Treachery
and Cymphany Chan. It’s a mind-blowing tale, as strange things
happen all the time. Adam wrote an amusingly hysterical story that
you will just want to keep reading.’
*Zara (age 10)*
‘This is a great book for anyone who likes books about Dutch
werewolves, vegetarian piranhas, witches as maths teachers, crazy
street names and…jam! It’s funny. If you were actually in the book
it would be scary but if you’re reading you just want to know
what’s going to happen. It’s like the author is talking to you, as
well as writing the book. If there were more Huggabie Falls books I
would definitely get them.’
*Freya (age 9)*
‘The pages are packed with fun and action, and Cece manages to
balance on the edge of clever-silliness…it’s a laugh out loud,
quirky, rollicking read.’
*CBCA Reading Time, Highly Recommended*
‘Adam Cece, author of Wesley Booth Super Sleuth, has delivered
another engaging tale loaded with humour and nonsense. The reader
would expect nothing less when contemplating the words of Cece’s
dedication: "Embrace uniqueness. Cherish nonsense. Stay
wonderful.”’
*Magpies*
‘A funny and weird book that features a humorous style similar to
that of Andy Griffiths.’
*StoryLinks*
‘A delightfully eccentric and whimsical mystery adventure.’
*Diva Booknerd*
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