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loracarol
Since: Sep, 2009
2011-03-04 19:26:12
- 1 Sounds like The Monsters of Morley Manor
. Don't konw about the second one though. Sorry. :/
Winterwhip
Since: Dec, 2010
loracarol
Since: Sep, 2009
Norbitessert
Since: Oct, 2010
Winterwhip
Since: Dec, 2010

Two seperate books:
1. A boy somehow aquires some little ?statues? of monsters which come alive when he gets them wet. I don't remember them all, but I think one of them was a medusa-like monster. I think he might have had a little sister.
2. A boy lives in the sewers with his father. The dad was accused of murdering someone with the essance of artichoke which is apparently very toxic. Also there are some talking rats who live on a ship. I think it might have been a laundry ship. The biggest and nastiest of these rats has gone missing. It turns out that he made a deal with the bad guy who offered him lots of food. I believe the book ended with the rat being basically hooked up to this machine, there was some serious forcefeeding going on. Then he was set loose on the town, so he wass sort of waddling around causing massive damage, then he got caught on somthing and popped, covering the entire town in a layer of melted cheese.
Looking back, I think I read some really weird stuff as a kid.