Anthony Monday is a fictional 14-year-old American boy featured in a series of four children's gothic horror novels by John Bellairs that were published from 1978 to 1992. Anthony and his friends generally overcome evil forces bent on ending the world.[1][2] Alternatively, Anthony Monday is the book series, as in ISFDB.[3] Brad Strickland, who has completed Bellairs' works posthumously and written new novels based on his characters, has noted that Anthony Monday was disliked by those in charge of publishing and any book ideas with Anthony as the character were rejected. This is why there has not been an Anthony Monday book since John Bellairs died.
Novels in the Anthony Monday series
editThe Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn (1978)
editDedication: "For Keetah, who liked it when others didn't."[4]
After stumbling upon a clue in the public library, Anthony searches for the treasure long rumored to have been hidden by a wealthy, eccentric citizen of their small town.
The Dark Secret of Weatherend (1984)
editDedication: "For Toby, a good editor and a good friend."[5]
Fourteen-year-old Anthony Monday of Hoosac, Minnesota, and his friend Myra Eells, the Hoosac librarian, try to stop an evil wizard from turning the world into an icy wasteland.
The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb (1988)
editAnthony Monday and Myra Eells recover a magic lamp that was stolen from a warlock’s tomb and is spreading evil to further the wicked ends of the thief.[6]
The Mansion in the Mist (1992)
editWhile spending the summer in an old house on a desolate Canadian island owned by Emerson Eells, Anthony Monday and Myra Eells discover a chest that can transport them to another world, and a maniacal group who are plotting the destruction of people on Earth.[7]
Series bibliography
edit| # | Title | Month | Year | Chapters | Pages | Writer | Illustrator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn | May | 1978 | 17 | 180 | John Bellairs | Judith Gwyn Brown |
| 02 | The Dark Secret of Weatherend | Jul | 1984 | 15 | 182 | John Bellairs | Edward Gorey |
| 03 | The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb | May | 1988 | 14 | 168 | John Bellairs | Edward Gorey |
| 04 | The Mansion in the Mist | Aug | 1992 | 17 | 170 | John Bellairs | Edward Gorey |
See also
edit
References
edit- ^ Pascal Heldman, Irma: "Criminals at Large, but Not for Long" (article abstract), The New York Times, April 30, 1978.
- ^ Parr, Caroline: "Kids Can Read Up a Storm", The Free-Lance Star, August 8, 2000.
- ^ Anthony Monday series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). Retrieved 2015-08-17.
- ^ Bellairs, John. The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. ISBN 0152899367
- ^ Bellairs, John. The Dark Secret of Weatherend. Dial Books for Young Readers, 1984. ISBN 0803700725
- ^ Bellairs, John. The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb. Dial Books for Young Readers, 1988. ISBN 0803705352
- ^ Bellairs, John. The Mansion in the Mist. Dial Books for Young Readers, 1992. ISBN 0803708459
External links
edit- Anthony Monday series at Bellairsia (bellairsia.com)
 | This article about a character in children's literature is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |