He too had become a Minimoy to look for the jewels, which had been entrusted to the Minimoys, but they had been stolen by an evil wizard Maltazard, so Archibald went off to find them and was never heard from again. Meeting the Minimoy king, his daughter Princess Selenia, and his son Prince Betameche, he finds out the reason for his grandfather’s disappearance. Arthur hunts for the rubies but can’t find them.īy means of a hidden message left by his grandfather, Arthur learns how to find the Minimoys and, in fact, is turned into one himself. ![]() ![]() Davido, who wants to buy the property and build apartments on it, purchases the deed from the bank and is ready to foreclose. When Grandma can’t pay the taxes, utilities, and other bills, Mr. Archibald also buried some rubies somewhere in the garden. His grandfather Archibald, who had been an engineer and travelled all over the world, has been missing for four years but left behind notebooks filled with stories about the Minimoys, a miniature people living underground who are all less than one inch tall. It is around 1960 and Arthur is a ten-year-old boy whose parents are away looking for jobs so he is staying with his grandmother Suchot. Arthur and the Minimoys (copyrighted in 2002 by Intervista English translation published in 2006 by Harper Trophy, an imprint of Harper Collins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, NY 10019). No other compensation has been received for the reviews posted on Home School Book Review.īesson, Luc. ![]() (1=nothing objectionable 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms 3=some cursing or profanity 4=a lot of cursing or profanity 5=obscenity and/or vulgarity)ĭisclosure: Any books donated for review purposes are in turn donated to a library. Publisher: Harper Trophy, first American edition published in 2006
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