The Icy Hand is the second book in the Something Wickedly Weird series by Chris Mould. I haven’t read the first book, but this one provided enough back story that I quickly caught up.
SPOILERS FROM THE FIRST BOOK – Stanley, our young hero, has inherited a large and decrepit mansion from his great-uncle Admiral Bartholomew Swift. During his previous and first visit to Cramdock Rock, an incident with a werewolf, pirates, and a talking fish left Stanley with a mythical item called the Ibis. When Stanley touched the Ibis, the earth shook and released two rather angry dead pirates from their icy tomes. – END SPOILERS.
In this installment, Stanley is back for a relaxing winter visit to the island. From chats with the talking fish, Stanley knows that the two dead pirates, Partridge and McCormick, are on their way to confront him. Headless, mostly-dead great uncle Bart also makes an appearance. With his new friend Daisy and some help from the housekeeper Mrs. Carelli, Stanley sets out to protect the Ibis and confront Partridge and McCormick before they can set “the quickening” into motion.
I enjoyed reading this book. The illustrations are great. The characters are fun. And the story is action-packed and suspenseful – for kids. While it would be interesting to read with kids, it’s probably not enough to hold an adult’s attention. I would recommend this for kids between 6- and 10-years-old.
Something Wickedly Weird: The Icy Hand, by Chris Mould 
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I want to read this book!
I tried to read this book. It didn’t work for me. But I’m 24, literally 4 times the age group you recommended it for…
I recently purchased this for my 6th grade 11 year old daughter on Sunday and she finished it on Wednsday. That is a first for her, she was very excited about it and now she wants the whole series. She could not put it down. She will be working with one of her teachers to create and AR test for it. Finally found something she loved to read all the way thru just for fun!
My son is 7 and in 2nd grade..He read The Wooden Mile -Bk one
in Something Wickedly Weird series in about 70 min/174 pages..He really enjoyed this book so much that he read Book Two-Something Wickedly Weird-The Icy Hand ,the next day in about 65 min/176 pgs..He also really enjoyed reading all 8 books in Dripping Fang series ..written by Zach Files author(forgot his name)..Other favorites series: Spiderwick Chronicles, Lemony Snicket..Sort of David Lynch /Twin Peaks for kids if you will..
Loved it! Hope the US gets the rest soon.
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