What is Addams Family: The Junior Novel about?
The Addams Family hits the big screen on October 11, 2019. The all-star cast includes Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Bette Midler, Allison Janney, and Elsie Fisher.
Based on the animated film, The Addams Family: The Junior Novel retells the entire mysterious and spooky story of the Addams family. This edition contains a full-color section of eye-catching art.
The Addams family isn't your typical American family. Together, Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Mad Uncle Fester, and Grandma are an eccentric clan who delight in the macabre and are unaware that people find them a bit different than the rest of the neighborhood.
Based on the famous New Yorker creations of Charles Addams, this animated action-comedy will follow the Addams family, whose lives begin to unravel when they face off against a crafty reality TV host while also preparing for their extended family to arrive for a major celebration, Addams-style.
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Their spooky, kooky, and altogether ooky world is about to collide with pastel-perfect suburbia.
- Unlikely Friendship: When Wednesday Addams enrolls in junior high, she finds a surprising new friend in Parker, the daughter of the family’s biggest enemy.
- A Coming-of-Age Ceremony: Pugsley must master the traditional Sabre Mazurka, a dangerous dance with swords, to prove his worth as an Addams—with the entire family watching.
- Spooky Humor: Join Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Lurch, and Thing as they navigate a strange new world of nosy neighbors and reality television.
- Celebrating Differences: A funny and heartfelt story about what happens when the weirdest family on the block teaches a picture-perfect town that it’s okay to be a little strange.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Addams Family: The Junior Novel?
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