Corby Flood (Far-Flung Adventures #2) »

Paul Stewart is a highly regarded author of books for young readers, most notably the bestselling Edge Chronicles and Fergus Crane. He is good at playing Musical Icebergs at parties. The author lives in Brighton, England.
Chris Riddell, co-creator of the Edge Chronicles and Fergus Crane, is an award-winning illustrator and political cartoonist. He has never met a laughing goat, but would very much like to.The illustrator lives in Brighton, England.

The second magical, funny, and fabulously illustrated story in the Far Flung Adventures from the authors of Fergus Crane and the Edge Chronicles.
Corby Flood and her family are about to set sail on the rather ramshackle cruise ship, the S.S. Euphonia. Her boisterous brothers might not have noticed that anything is wrong, but Corby is highly observant and has a lot of time for note-taking and eavesdropping. Onboard, among the odd passengers and eccentric crew, there is a strange group of men in bowler-hats who call themselves The Brotherhood of Clowns. There's also a melancholy wailing sound coming from the hold. It's strictly out of bounds but Corby can't help investigating. What could be inside the crate she discovers down in the hold? As the ship arrives at its destination, Corby must enlist the help of some very well mustachioed locals to uncover the contents of the crate and the dark secrets of the menacing Clowns...

Publishers Weekly

Another perceptive, intrepid young protagonist takes the helm in Far-Flung Adventures: Corby Flood by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, the follow-up to last season's Far-Flung Adventures: Fergus Crane (which PW's starred review said "incorporates amusingly ludicrous elements with matter-of-fact ease"). Eight-year-old Corby investigates some mysterious singing coming from the hold of the S.S. Euphonia and unwittingly attracts the attentions of a frightening quintet of fellows. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.