The Abominables

Subjects

Animal Tales - bundles of fur, fluff and fun
Friends & Family - tears and laughter, and happy ever after
Funny Stuff - rib ticklers to make you fall off your chair

Average rating

4 out 5

A hundred years ago, in the Himalayan peaks of Nanvi Dar, the daughter of an English earl is kidnapped by a huge hairy monster. In a secret valley Agatha Farlingham is introduced to a family of motherless yetis and devotes her life to their upbringing. She teaches them to speak, tells them stories and insists on polite manners. But as the decades pass, tourists come to the mountains, a hotel is built and yeti-hunters arrive. Agatha knows that there is one place in the world where they would be protected - her ancestral home at Farley Towers. When a boy and his sister stumble upon her hidden valley, she knows she has found the courageous people who will carry out her plan. The excited yetis are smuggled into the bridal suite at the hotel. A freezer lorry is waiting to put them into semi-hibernation on the long trip home. But the baby yak that has fallen in love with the youngest yeti foils the refrigeration plan and they set off on a hugely entertaining road trip half way across the world. In the Sultan of Aslerfan's kingdom the yetis release all the animals from his zoo. In the Alps they rescue a lost child in a blizzard. In Spain, the yak creates chaos at a bullfight. But when they arrive in England, a terrible shock awaits them at Farley Towers... This early novel, never submitted for publication, contains all the trademark qualities that made Eva's subsequent books so successful; comedy, loveable and eccentric characters, perfectly-crafted plotting, and inspiring themes of tolerance, kindness to animals, and the defeat of cruelty.

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Fairy Bubbles Lavalamp 18.09.2024

Star Reviewer

I have read this book twice now. It is my favourite. I like the adventure in it and it has lots of funny bits. My favourite character is Lucy and I love the part when the yetis learn to say sorry and then they apologies to everything they eat. I want to read more books by Eva Ibbotsom and give it five stars. I would recommend it to people who like comedy and adventure.

Nurse Blossom Custard 01.09.2024

It was alright.

Fairy Blossom Taramasalata 05.09.2022

I liked this book because it was exiting and also very sneaky

Dragon Cornetto Hoverboard 27.08.2022

The abominables is a fictional book about a group of yetis. My favourite character is Ambrose because he’s a bit of a clown and makes many jokes. I would recommend this book to my friends

Inspector Poseidon Armadillo 05.08.2022

Very good and in some bit

Lord Flash Vesuvius 26.09.2021

My favourite character in this book is Ambrose because he is very weak on the start but gets better at the end. This book is very positive and I learnt that anything is possible.

Senorita Fifi Sunshine 19.08.2021