The Addams Family: The Story of the Movie: Movie tie-in

The Addams Family: The Story of the Movie: Movie tie-in
Calliope Glass

A hilariously spooky novelisation by US author, Calliope Glass, based on the new animated family film, The Addams Family. The Addams Family animated movie hits cinemas on 25th October 2019 and features an all-star cast including Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Bette Midler, Allison Janney and Elsie Fisher. Together Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Uncle Fester and Grandmama Addams are a wonderfully ghoulish family who delight in the gothic and macabre, and are completely unaware of how bizarre they appear to their neighbours. In this brilliant story of the movie, the Addams clan are gathering their nearest and weirdest for a major family get-together while also facing off against a crafty reality-TV host.

First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2019

Published in this ebook edition in 2019

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Source ISBN: 9780008357986

Ebook Edition © September 2019 ISBN: 9780008357993

Version: 2019-08-01

Contents

Cover (#u420e4ef2-4e97-5b47-84f2-827b594d6638)

Title Page (#u7782349f-c505-5edd-a939-65f4589eff90)

Copyright (#ua833e475-2033-5887-9f2f-6252753aea05)

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Epilogue

About the Publisher

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The Old Country: Thirteen Years Ago

AT THE TOP of a jagged cliff over the churning sea, preparations were under way for a wedding.

An Addams wedding.

There were no white flowers. There was no frothy lace. The town church stood empty, and the townsfolk shivered and scowled as they watched the bride stride up the street towards the cliff. Heat lightning flickered in the darkening sky. A few bats fluttered behind the bride as she and her black-clad bridesmaids made their way up to the cliff.

‘They don’t belong here!’ one townsperson hissed to another.

‘They’re frightening the children!’ she replied.

‘Who do they think they are?’ another villager spat.

They watched as the bride and her bridesmaids disappeared into the gloomy night, vanishing into the scrub that lined the path up to the top of the cliff.

The villagers glared after them.

‘They’ve got to go,’ said one, and the rest nodded.

Morticia Frump kept climbing up the hill towards the cliff that overlooked the sea. She ignored how the townsfolk whispered and pointed. She didn’t care what they thought. They were boring, normal people with small minds and prejudiced hearts.