Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates of the Arctic by Sean Cullen

Life is looking pretty dreary for the orphans of the Windcity orphanage and cheese factory. They work excruciating shifts producing the most foul cheese on the earth (2 ounces make you hallucinate, 3 ounces will kill you) and to top it all off  they must subsist on a diet consisting solely of porridge. Yes, things are pretty grim. That is, until the arrival of the notorious orphan Hamish X...

The first novel for Canadian funny man Sean Cullen, Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates is told in the voice of the main protagonist (who will not hesitate to tell you that he is fully certified by the Narrator's Guild of Helsinki) and includes many absurd and hilarious footnotes. In the course of the book, Hamish X, along with his trusty orphan sidekicks Parveen (an unsmiling, socially inept genius from India) and Mimi (a feisty, loyal Texan), escape from the orphanage, survive the arctic and kick some cheese pirate butt. Although this book is worth reading simply for the gut-busting footnotes, the plot is action-packed. The mystery of Hamish X is left unresolved, paving the way for future volumes (in fact, the sequel has already been released).

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