The Ice Monster

The Ice Monster
Tony Ross

David Walliams

From No. 1 bestselling children’s author, David Walliams comes his biggest and most epic adventure yet! Illustrated by the artistic genius Tony Ross.This is the story of a ten-year-old orphan and a 10,000-year-old mammoth…Read all about it! Read all about it!ICE MONSTER FOUND IN ARCTIC!When Elsie, an orphan on the streets of Victorian London, hears about the mysterious Ice Monster – a woolly mammoth found at the North Pole – she’s determined to discover more…A chance encounter brings Elsie face to face with the creature, and sparks the adventure of a lifetime – from London to the heart of the Arctic!Heroes come in all different shapes and sizes in David Walliams’ biggest and most epic adventure yet!

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Contents

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Thank-Yous

The year is 1899

Map of London (#litres_trial_promo)

Part 1: London 1899

Chapter 1: Cockroaches for Breakfast (#ulink_db1d3e8d-89ee-5573-bb68-6fe15173df50)

Chapter 2: Monkey Feet

Chapter 3: Pong

Chapter 4: Expert Thief

Chapter 5: Universe of Wonder

Chapter 6: Giant Ghosts

Chapter 7: A Likely Story

Chapter 8: The Unnatural History Museum

Chapter 9: The Devil’s Work

Chapter 10: Hullabaloo

Chapter 11: Human Net

Chapter 12: Sabre-toothed Teeth

Chapter 13: A Sea of Old Men

Chapter 14: Dead as Dead Can Be

Chapter 15: Extinction Business

Chapter 16: Cheeks Ablaze

Chapter 17: Curious Creatures

Chapter 18: Darkest Dark

Chapter 19: Lightning in a Bottle

Chapter 20: Dark Fire

Chapter 21: A Thousand Silk Handkerchiefs

Chapter 22: The Beauty of the Scheme

Chapter 23: The Sticky Fingers Gang

Chapter 24: Handprints

Chapter 25: Pickpocketing on Ice

Chapter 26: A Little Problem

Chapter 27: Thundersnow

Chapter 28: A Giant Catapult

Chapter 29: Dino-ladder

Chapter 30: The Heart of the Storm

Chapter 31: Don’t Look Round

Chapter 32: Knocked Awake

Chapter 33: What’s in a Name?

Chapter 34: Cage