Archer's Goon: Chapters 6 & 7
A LEGO tribute to a fun and original YA novel
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Welcome to our LEGO re-enactment of Diana Wynne Jones’s awesome and highly original novel Archer’s Goon. My eight-year-old son and I did this a couple of years ago, and luckily, we took some photos! I’ve included some excerpts from the text, so you can see what our LEGO scenes are meant to be portraying.
If you haven’t read the story, none of this will make much sense. But, if you haven’t read the story, you shouldn’t be here anyway - you should be heading to your local bookstore/library to get a copy of Archer’s Goon!
If you want to start at the beginning, here’s where you can find all the chapters.
Or, read on! This one is short and sweet.
Chapter 6
A tall and startling figure was walking up the middle of the hall, surrounded by bobbing disco dancers in wild clothes…
[Howard’s] eyes went back to the tall figure in front, dressed like something from Aladdin and the Lamp. He knew it was Torquil. It could be nobody else.
The first part of the row was entirely between Catriona and Quentin. Catriona towered and boomed. She insisted that Quentin write two thousand words for Torquil. This, as she thundered more and more angrily, was the only possible way to stop them all from being pestered like this. Quentin stood and shouted that nothing would possess him to write any words for anyone any more.
Chapter 7
They reached the hall. As they passed the set of drums, Torquil’s voice came booming out from them. “Mrs Sykes! Mrs Sykes, don’t forget my two thousand words!”
Quentin whirled around. The Goon hastily picked up the drums and bundled them, bumping and booming, into the cupboard under the stairs.
…they all trooped into the front room.
There Fifi was sitting… gazing yearningly at the television. In the screen Archer looked up as they came in.
To be continued…