RETURN TO HOWLIDAY INN is part hard boiled crime, part adventure, and part comedy. And yet somehow Howe manages to reference all of these things in his direct sequel to HOWLIDAY INN. Nor do you likely think of ventriloquists or classic literature. When you think of young readers stories I doubt the first things that come to mind are Citizen Kane and Shakespeare. But will they be able to escape the fate that may have befallen Rosebud? A ghostly voice, buried bones, and a collar with the name "Rosebud" on it suggest that murder may have been added to the services offered at the kennel.Ī pair of yuppie puppies from posh Upper Centerville, two cat burglars (sisters-in-crime) named Felony and Miss Demeanor, a melancholy Great Dane named Hamlet, and a weasel named, well, The Weasel, join the Monroe pets in getting to the bottom of the mysterious happenings. The motley crew of boarders may have changed, but the creepy goings-on at Howliday Inn have not. The Monroes have gone on vacation, once again leaving Harold, Chester, and Howie at Chateau Bow-Wow, which Chester aptly dubbed "Howliday Inn" during their last stay there. HOW DID ROSEBUD CHECK OUT FROM HOWLIDAY INN? Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers on August 7, 2007 Return to Howliday Inn (Bunnicula, #5) by James Howe, Alan Daniel
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