The Legend of Hobart by Heather Mullaly - Book Tour + Giveaway
Blurb:Tired of being teased about his name and his stutter, twelve-year-old Hobart sets out to do a few heroic deeds and earn a place in Knight School. But the local damsels he hopes to save assure him that the last thing they need is rescuing. The runaway bull he tries to catch wears him like a hat. And don't even ask about the ogre.Finally, in desperation, Hobart sets out on the most daring quest he can think of--he will slay a dragon. Or that's his plan anyway.The Legend of Hobart is a hilarious, heart-felt adventure, for the would-be hero in all of us.
In case you’re wondering, becoming a hero is not as easy as you might think.
I tried rescuing a damsel in distress.
But all of our local damsels practice martial arts and assured me that the last
thing they needed was rescuing.
Saving a baby from a fire would have
been perfect, but the housewives in Finnagen are far too careful. We haven’t
had a decent kitchen fire in years.
Last spring, when a bull broke out of
its pasture, I thought I had found my chance. But when I caught up with the
bull, the stupid animal managed to hook his horns through my belt and flip me
up onto his head. William the Tormentor already called me Ho-brat instead of Hobart. After that day, he started calling me Ho-brat Bull Hat.
To not be
called Ho-brat for the rest of my life, I needed to become a
knight. To get into the King’s School for the Education of Future Knights, I
had to become a hero before May Day of my twelfth year. It was already early
spring.
I was running out of time and ideas
when I heard the news: a local maiden had been kidnapped by an ogre. Ogres
don’t usually come this far east. And their hides are so thick that martial
arts are useless against them. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
I didn’t own any real weapons, so I
took the pitchfork I used to clean out the pigpens and set out to face my first
ogre.
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