![]() They give him nicknames like Frankenstein. A shy kid, uncomfortable around girls and with few friends, he is cursed with unusual proportions – his head, hands, and feet are abnormally large, leading his classmates to believe he's mentally handicapped. ![]() The book begins with an introduction to the life of fifteen-year-old Alfred Kropp, who lives with his uncle in a small apartment. The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp, the first in a trilogy by Yancey, is followed by Alfred Kropp: The Seal of Solomon and Alfred Kropp: The Thirteenth Skull. The novel, published in 2005, received a Carnegie Medal nomination. Alfred is sure that he is just a normal, goofy-looking kid until the day he becomes an accessory in the petty theft of a sword from his uncle's office building, which plunges him into a hidden world of Arthurian legends and modern-day knights. The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey is a young adult fantasy novel starring protagonist Alfred Kropp, whose odd proportions and penchant for failure has made him feel like an outcast among both his family and his classmates. ![]()
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