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On the Run
This is a story that will appeal to avid consumers of adventure stories and reluctant readers alike.—Jenna Lanterman, formerly at The Calhoun School and Mary McDowell Friends School, New York City
On the run from police after they steal $7.2 million accidentally deposited into their bank account, twelve-year-old Ben's parents leave him and his younger sister Olive on their own in a creepy old cabin in the middle of the Australian bush. Ben (who only gradually learns what his parents have done) sees the irony in what has happened: his father, who runs a wrecking yard, "was a wrecker. That's what he did. He wrecked stuff…Cars, trucks, motorbikes, Ben's life, their family. Themselves. They wrecked themselves and they left Ben and Olive to deal with the mess." Ben finds a copy of My Side of the Mountain in the cabin, appropriate—and useful
Oddly Normal
This is Frampton's fully realized vision for "Oddly Normal"; it is worth adding to any collection, even those that already contain the earlier edition.
The G-Man Super Journal: Awesome Origins
Gr 4–7—This volume takes a step back in time to provide the origin story to three previously published volumes of G-Man adventures...
The Rookie Bookie
Gr 3–6—After being bullied at his middle school, Mitch is looking forward to a fresh start when his family moves to a different state...
The Complete Adventures of Johnny Mutton
Gr 2–4—Proimos has written both picture books and Nickelodeon screenplays, and here he combines the two sensibilities in a comic-book style collection of short vignettes...
Little Author in the Big Woods: A Biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Gr 2–4—Anyone who has read the "Little House" series (HarperCollins) already knows a lot about its author, because she used her own life as the inspiration for those books...
Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood: A World War I Tale
Gr 3–7—In the newest addition to this inventive series, Revolutionary War figure Nathan Hale tells the story of World War I with the support of two sidekicks who help shine light on some of the nuances of the historical event...
Ninjas and Knock Outs!
Gr 2–5—Tao is a young student training to be a samurai, but clowning around comes more naturally to him...
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