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The Museum's Secret (The Remarkable Adventures of Tom Scatterhorn, book 1) (Paperback)

by Henry Chancellor (Author)
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  • Paperback: 464 pages
  • Publisher: OUP Oxford (7 May 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0192720848
  • ISBN-13: 978-0192720849
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 48,763 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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An irresistible adventure in a world full of dust, insects, magic potions, missing jewels and stuffed animals . . . publishing for the first time in paperback

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Welcome to the Scatterhorn Museum! But don't get too excited - it's a cold and dingy place, crammed full of tatty stuffed animals and junk. Nobody much wants to visit any more, and its days are surely numbered. But when Tom is sent to live here he soon finds there is more to this museum than meets the eye. The animals may be shabby and moth-eaten - but they possess an incredible secret. And when Tom discovers he can go right back to the time of their making, a hundred years earlier, he embarks on a journey full of unimaginable terrors . . . Join Tom in his breathtaking adventure in and out of time, from an Edwardian ice fair and the wastes of Mongolia, to the jungles of India, and beyond . . .
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Really good fantastical adventure for readers 8+. I'm a much older fan and I enjoyed it so much I've ordered the sequel., 23 Sep 2009
By S. Barnes (UK) - See all my reviews
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The Scatterhorn Museum is a family legacy, founded in 1906 and handed down from the generation of the adventurous explorer Sir Henry Scatterhorn. It's a run-down, cold and draughty, dingy kind of a place, full of real stuffed animals. Sir Henry's best friend, August, was a first class taxidermist and the animals were all his creation. A few generations on though and the animals are quite tatty and worn - they haven't had much care over the years. Visitors to the musuem are few and far between; any that make it through the door are soon frightened out of the museum by the shabby, moth-eaten animals.

This is the place were young Tom ends up, staying with his eccentric uncle and aunt, while his mum chases off to Mongolia to find his dad who's gone missing on an assignment to find rare beetles. It doesn't take Tom long to find out that there's more to this run-down museum than if first seemed. Quite by accident he discovers some of the museum's old secrets and finds himself on adventures from Edwardian times to the present day, and from Catcher Hall just a short distance away, to jungles in India and more.

A brilliant rip-roaring adventure. I've recommended it for age 8+ readers but it's a bit dark in places so perhaps read it before you give it to a sensitive child at the younger end of the spectrum. Can't wait to read Book 2, The Hidden World.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A Victorian night at the museum, 3 Aug 2009
By emma who reads a lot (London) - See all my reviews
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I really enjoyed this book about Tom Scatterhorn, a boy who is sent to stay with relatives who own a fabulous natural history museum, when his father disappears on a beetle-collecting expedition in Mongolia. It is probably best suited to a reader between eight and ten years old, as there are some quite scary bits but the tone is generally not too Gothic or overwhelmingly frightening.

Unlike the previous reviewer, I will tell you a bit about the plot, as there's quite a lot of detail on the back of the book anyway! Look away now if you don't want to know.

The Scatterhorn family have owned the museum for generations. Whilst it's now in disrepair, in Victorian times it was a showpiece of taxidermy with hundreds of amazing animals on display in lifelike poses. Anyone who has seen "A Night in the Museum" will have an idea what happens next, but really the exciting adventures of the book mostly take place in the human world. Tom discovers he can cross into the past and meet Sir Henry Scatterhorn who founded the museum, and must work out who is friend and who is foe in the confusing crossover between past and present.

A sequel is nicely set up by events at the end of the novel, though it promises I suspect to be rather creepier. Suffice to say that if you think your children will be frightened by the Kafka-ish plot twist of people turning into giant beetles, possibly best avoid this book.

Overall it was well-written and it read well aloud, too. Lots of nice description and dialogue, and with enough drama and tension to keep you going without it being too scary. Very entertaining.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars What a book, 9 May 2009
By S. Booth "Fantasy fiction bookworm" (Brummagen) - See all my reviews
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I ordered this book for my 8 year old son. I am a fan of books such as Phillip Pullmans Dark Materials and Garth Nix's Abhorsen Trilogy, I felt this would be a good introduction to fantasy fiction for him.
Of course I had to read it first! I am not going to tell you the storyline - I hate reviews that do that, but I can tell you that this book is a fantastic story that slips between time zones written perfectly to entertain young readers and adults who want an easy read.

With well rounded characters and fabulous twists and turns it will certainly keep you entertained.

As an adult I knew by Chapter 4 that I could easily predict the ending but still enjoyed the fantastic storytelling. I read this book to him before bedtime, my son loved it and we devoured every page together.
We await with excitement the next book, this one was well worth the money!
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